Mark Morriss released his debut solo album
Memory Muscle in May 2008. A folk-tinged record, it featured five re-recorded tracks which had previously been released under the name Fi-Lo Beddow as a self-released EP in February 2006. The strings on the record were arranged by film composer
David Arnold, who became a fan of the Bluetones' debut album
Expecting to Fly whilst scoring
Independence Day. In 2014, Morriss released his second solo album
A Flash of Darkness via
Acid Jazz Records. This was followed by another Acid Jazz release in 2015,
The Taste of Mark Morriss, an album of cover versions. Morriss has also recorded the theme music for all of the children's audiobooks written by
David Walliams. Morriss is also currently a member of
Matt Berry's live band, the Maypoles, and regularly tours the UK with this outfit as a rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist. In 2021, Morriss appeared as the vocalist for
Billy Reeves'
The Helicopter of the Holy Ghost project, on the album
Afters. Morriss joined former
theaudience member Reeves on the album, which was co-produced by
Richard Archer of
Hard-Fi, with the album also featuring members of
Cocteau Twins,
Engineers and
Gazpacho. ==Personal life==