Martha announce new Album Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart due out on Fortuna POP! on 8 July
Announce new album Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart
Due for release on Fortuna POP! (UK/EU) and Dirtnap (US) on 8 July
Listen to “Goldman’s Detective Agency”
Live:
Fri 22 July – Tufnell Park Dome, London
Tickets – http://www.wegottickets.com/event/358507
More dates TBA soon!
Martha return with their second album Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart in July, via Fortuna POP! (UK/EU) and Dirtnap Records (US). Produced again by MJ from Hookworms, the album explores the difficulties in staying political, staying passionate and staying punk over the course of eleven expertly crafted pop songs. Tickets for their biggest London headline gig to date at the Tufness Park Dome on 22 July went on sale this morning, tickets available here.
The first single from the album is “Goldman’s Detective Agency“, which shows the band’s playful side as they re-imagine 19th century anarchist Emma Goldman as a private eye vanquishing corrupt cops and politicians. The track was premiered by DIY mag who said; “Pairing adversity-ridden sentiment with upbeat punk, it’s a captivating double take.”
Hailing from Pity Me near Durham, Martha play energetic, impassioned power pop with intricate vocal interplay and lush four-part harmonies, informed by 90s indie rock and contemporary garage punk. The band is comprised of J. Cairns (guitar), Daniel Ellis (guitar), Naomi Griffin (bass), and Nathan Stephens Griffin (drums). All four members sing and write the songs. Daniel and Nathan also play in Onsind, while Naomi also plays in No Ditching. Their debut album Courting Strong came out in 2014 and was included in NPR’s top 50 albums of that year, winning them the epithet “One of Britain’s best rock bands”.
Taking inspiration from such likely and unlikely sources as The Replacements, Heart, Billy Bragg, Thin Lizzy, Cheap Trick, The Go-Gos and Radiator Hospital, if the band’s first album, Courting Strong, was about punks growing up, then Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart is about grown-ups staying punk. It’s an album about trying to stay creative and passionate and making the most of everything in spite of the many obstacles that get in the way. It documents the way things like work, money, expectations and mental health issues can impact on your ability to do the things you want to do and be the person you want to be. It’s about resistance to those things. It’s about finding strength and solace in friendships, love, and taking motivation from the people in your life who really inspire you.
Following a Glastonbury appearance last year at the personal invitation of Billy Bragg, the band will be playing UK dates in July and August before taking to the stage at End Of The Road in September. It’s going to be a busy old time for the band, what with double lives and everything, but, with passion and love dripping out of every second of Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart, you know they’ll find a way.
Martha
Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart
CD/LP/DL
1. Christine
2. Chekhov’s Hangnail – featuring backing vocals form Ellis Jones of Trust Fund
3. Precarious (The Supermarket Song)
4. Do Whatever
5. Goldman’s Detective Agency 6. The Awkward Ones
7. Icecream And Sunscreen
8. Legless In Brandon
9. Curly & Raquel
10. Do Nothing
11. St. Paul’s (Westerberg Comprehensive)
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