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Durham indiepop-punks Martha return with their fourth album, and it Recorded at Nottingham\u2019s JT Soar by \u2018Bad\u2019 Phil Booth (The Cool Two things set these songs apart. Firstly, the sense of resolution the While their previous record – 2019\u2019s Love Keeps Kicking – saw them First formed in the small village of Pity Me, Durham, in 2011, Martha Please Don\u2019t Take Me Back<\/em> is a fine addition to Martha\u2019s discography; WHITE VINYL SOLD OUT, BLACK STILL AVAILABLE! Durham indiepop-punks Martha return with their fourth album, and it might just be their best one yet. With their endlessly radiant hooks dialled up to maximum setting, paired with another heart-rending and relatable lyric sheet that reflects on the universal scars of the pandemic years, Please Don\u2019t Take Me Back is the work of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-releases","category-releases"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3519"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3532,"href":"http:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3519\/revisions\/3532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dirtnaprecs.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
might just be their best one yet. With their endlessly radiant hooks
dialled up to maximum setting, paired with another heart-rending and
relatable lyric sheet that reflects on the universal scars of the
pandemic years, Please Don\u2019t Take Me Back<\/em> is the work of a band in the
form of their life. It\u2019s also an instant classic – one that\u2019s both
smartly prescient and warmly addictive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greenhouse, Rattle, Grey Hairs), Please Don\u2019t Take Me Back<\/em> is a timely
collection of deliciously catchy pop songs about \u2018resisting the
feeling that the good days are behind us\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
band provide by working through these fears to find what positivity
they can – making this the go-to record for your ongoing existential
crisis in 2022. Secondly, there\u2019s the effortless brilliance which
ensures every melody cements itself to your memory from the very first
listen – album closer “You Can\u2019t Have A Good Time All Of The Time” might
be their breeziest singalong moment yet, all wrapped up in a song
about the planet\u2019s ongoing environmental catastrophe. You\u2019ll hear
echoes of The Housemartins, The Weakerthans, Cheap Trick and Heavenly
in their sound, but ultimately it sounds like Martha found a way to
turn their strongest features all the way to 11. What better way to
process the aftermath of the past two years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
remaining defiant in a world that seemed to be breaking apart, Please <\/em>
Don\u2019t Take Me Bac<\/em>k explores the scattered fragments of what followed
and tries to make sense of how we navigate the smoking remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
released their debut EP the following year on guitarist Jonathan
Cairns\u2019 DIY label, Discount Horse. Tours on both sides of the Atlantic
soon followed, along with two albums for the UK\u2019s much-missed indiepop
stable Fortuna Pop: 2014\u2019s Courting Strong<\/em> (also released in the
United States by Salinas Records) and 2016\u2019s sophomore effort Blisters <\/em>
In The Pit of My Heart<\/em> (via Dirtnap Records in the US). In the
meantime, the band became figureheads for the UK\u2019s DIY pop scene by
balancing their obvious talents with a clear set of ethics –
anti-capitalist, first and foremost – and an open-hearted warmth
that\u2019s often absent from the foreground of punk rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
their most life-affirming yet and a welcome ripple of light at a time
when it\u2019s often difficult to see past the darkness. Listen and love:
the beat perpetual drives on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"