Album Review: PREYRS – The Wounded Healer (Pelagic Records)

PREYRS is the new project from Amy Montgomery and Michael Mormecha (Mojo Fury). Their album, ‘The Wounded Healer’, is set for release on 14th November via Pelagic Records.

An album with feeling, so much feeling. PREYRS new album has a fascinating inspiration. Namely, Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung’s writings on ‘the wounded healer’, the idea of developing the capacity for empathy and healing through embracing past traumas and vulnerabilities.

A challenging idea to put into musical form, but one that PREYRS are more than up for attempting. Bringing us an eclectic blend of musical ideas that sit somewhere on the alternative rock side of things but come in formless fashion. It’s genre-bending at its most vibrant.

The star of this show is Amy Montgomery, and for good reason, as her vocal range is staggering and she has this incredible ability to sound so vulnerable and powerful in different, and unique ways. The music, eccentric and creative, is designed to showcase and enhance what she can do, and across the album’s ten tracks we get to experience so much, vocally and instrumentally.

Beginning in dramatic and atmospheric style with Humble Eyes, followed by a cacophony of sharp, industrialised noise which rises up courtesy of Wave of Wisdom, before the first of a few standout efforts arrives in the form of Into the Blue. PREYRS bringing a touch melancholic drama to things. Turning subtle melody into something downright epic sounding. It’s a dominating showcase of their abilities and the variety this album has.

Effortlessly cool too. Zeroes, Ones & Lies isn’t just a potent alternative rock tune, no, it combines sleek and raw soundscapes. Not only is it catchy, but it has got depth, both instrumentally and vocally. The marrying of styles is fascinating. Which sums up the album as much as anything else, it is a fascinating listen where you really can’t predict what will come next.

Case in point, Bring Ur Bruises is an energised blast of punchy rock beats, gazey melodies, and rowdy effects. Whereas Crucify is wacked out weirdness with some robust riffs, Change Change is loud and very groovy, the guitars shining brightly there, and the title track’s unique melodic makeup and flare-up of fuzzy rock intensity slays. All as unique as the other, yet because of the immersive factor, the random nature of each track still holds the attention. Putting it simply, it’s an album of singles, but cohesive none the less because it is PREYRS.

All good things must come to an end though, and the latter part of the album sees PREYRS delve back into dark and heavy soundscapes with Nova, a track with one hell of a potent chorus. Before a mess of soaring melodies and anxiety inducing effects makes W.D.I.F.L? another unforgettable listen. Finally, it’s Life is Kind, and what a glorious closer this is. Smile inducing melodies, powerful vocals, filled with eccentric touches, and ending in epic fashion. It’s a classy closer and the exclamation point on one of 2025’s most unique sounding records.

PREYRS have arrived and nothing will ever be the same again.

PREYRS – The Wounded Healer Track Listing:

1. Humble Eyes
2. Wave Of Wisdom
3. Into The Blue
4. Zeros, Ones & Lies
5. Bring Ur Bruises
6. Crucify
7. Change Change
8. The Wounded Healer
9. Nova
10. W.D.I.F.L?
11. Life Is Kind

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