The Standard Model

South Wales newcomers Morn release their new single ‘The Standard Model’ along with B side ‘I Watched You as Your Mind Slipped Far (Away from Me)’, on Speedy Wunderground. It marks the first new music from the band in 2026, after the breakout success of last year’s debut single ‘Modern Man’, which launched them around the UK onto festival stages at the likes of Green Man and Live At Leeds. ‘The Standard Model’ immediately makes its presence felt with a procession of pointed guitar riffing, laying the way for a breathless, eruptive song about a hated figure, never held to account. Despite its theme, there’s a euphoric magic to the way the band goes about their business on ‘The Standard Model’, and their propensity toward livewire songs that spiral out of control remains intact, pinned into place as ever by bassist Mae Ryder’s infectious choral of “La la la’s”. To describe their latest outing as “urgent” doesn’t quite seem to do the song’s energy justice. Vocalist and guitarist Robert Riba comments on the single: “‘The Standard Model’ has been with us since the birth of our band. It gives unrelenting guitar madness with abrasive vocals – a commentary on a widely hated character who, at the peak of the track, turns to dust. Perhaps running away, disappearing without a trace, never held accountable. Although it hits hard, it’s our least serious, most purely fun and ecstatic song. We built it by stitching two catchy riffs together, and our live performance really grew around it. Both tracks were captured live in Dan Carey’s studio in Streatham, the energy bouncing off the walls of this small room with all of us crammed inside.” Producer Dan Carey adds his thoughts on the new single: “This song, along with its video, defines exactly what it should sound, feel and look like to be in a band. For fans of Early Arctic Monkeys, Shame and Bloc Party.