MorMor trades the Roxy for The Echo in February

The Toronto artist's last Los Angeles show was at the Roxy in February 2023; he returns four years later to a 350-capacity room in Echo Park.

The last time MorMor played Los Angeles, it was February 4, 2023, at the Roxy Theatre — a few months after his debut album came out. Four years later, he's coming back to a smaller room, which for a songwriter this intimate might be the better deal.

MorMor plays The Echo on Saturday, February 27, 2027. The show starts at 7 p.m., and tickets are through Ticketmaster. The date was announced October 27. The Echo holds about 350 people, so this is one to grab early.

MorMor is the Toronto artist Seth Nyquist, and his path has been patient. He first drew attention with the *Heaven's Only Wishful* EP in 2018, followed it with *Some Place Else* in 2019, and then went quiet long enough that CBC described "Far Apart" in 2022 as his first new single in two years. That song opened the door to his debut full-length, *Semblance*, which he announced in September 2022 alongside the single "Chasing Ghosts," whose animated visuals were made by Otto Tang. *Semblance* came out November 4, 2022, and BrooklynVegan reported a North American tour behind it for early 2023 — the stretch that brought him to the Roxy.

Four years since the Roxy, and the comeback is a 350-cap room on a Saturday night.

What has happened since is harder to say from the outside. MorMor has never been an artist who floods the zone, and the long gaps between his releases have been part of the story from the start. That makes any live date feel a little like an event for the people who follow him, and an LA show after four years is the kind of booking that his fans tend to notice quickly.

The Echo suits him. His songs — the soft-focus indie and R&B that has defined his work since the early EPs — are made for rooms where the crowd is close and the volume doesn't have to fight the walls. Going from the Roxy to The Echo shrinks the room, but it also brings the stage within arm's reach of nearly everyone in it, and for music this quiet and detailed, that is a trade worth making.

What to expect: songs from *Semblance* and the EPs that came before it, and a crowd that has waited a long time to hear them again in person. If there is new material in the set, you'll be among the first in town to hear it; if not, a full room singing "Pass the Hours" back at him is reason enough.

With 350 tickets and a Saturday night slot, this is not a show to put off. Get your tickets through Ticketmaster, get to Echo Park on time, and enjoy the rare chance to see MorMor this close.

Sources: MorMor announces debut album 'Semblance' & tour, shares 'Chasing Ghosts' (BrooklynVegan) (brooklynvegan.com); MorMor announces debut album, shares 'Chasing Ghosts' (The FADER) (thefader.com); MorMor's optimistic new chapter (CBC) (amp.cbc.ca); MorMor new song / Heaven's Only Wishful (The FADER) (thefader.com); MorMor releases new EP Some Place Else (BrooklynVegan) (brooklynvegan.com); MorMor shares 'Pass the Hours', announces 2019 tour (BrooklynVegan) (brooklynvegan.com); MorMor at The Echo (Ticketmaster) (ticketmaster.com); MorMor at The Echo (JamBase) (jambase.com)