#marthashits

Martha are an indie/punkish type band from up t’north, possibly Durham. Even though it’s very much of the standard guitar-bass-drums-harmonies formula there’s a variety of influences you can hear come out in a number of songs. And I like a band that embraces that there was music before them.

I first came across them thanks to the Spotify algorithms  that put them on a mix playlist for me but very quickly started to delve into their back catalogue and it’s just full of hits.

One of my absolute favourite things when a new (to me) band appears is having my favourite song of theirs constantly changing. And that is something Martha definitely delivers.

Bubble In My Bloodstream – Courting Strong

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“It’s the bubble in my bloodstream
It’s the itch I can’t possibly scratch
It’s the congenital condition I’d hoped was in remission
That inevitably came back
It’s the bubble in my bloodstream, yeah, yeah, yeah“

Chekhov’s Hangnail – Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart

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“When it rains, well, it really fucking pours
we made waves, did my screaming drown out yours?
here we are, mixing metaphors
And sometimes, it might seem that we lost the battle
But if no one wins the war, then, why keep score?“

Ice Cream and Sunscreen – Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart

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“I know you wish for fireworks to light your July sky,
I was the dampest box of matches you could ever hope to find,

I’m sorry what? I hear you yeah,
I was watching the skin peeling of your sunburnt shoulders, I know,
I know you only melt in the middle like ice cream and sunscreen,
Blisters in the pit of my heart, blisters in the pit of my heart”

Curly & Raquel – Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart

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“All the stories that we tell,
Roy and Haley, Curly and Raquel,
Romantic reference,
Come on tell me what’s your preference?

Celebrating my love for you,
With a stick’n’poke and an Iron Brew,
Wondering if you can even tell?
Finding some excuse to walk in your direction,
Bathe you in concealed affection,
Subtlety’s a word I cannot spell,
But it’s probably just as well.“

Into This – Love Keeps Kicking

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“I’m happy being friends if that’s what we’re gonna be,
Sometimes we seem close but then you’ll act like you’ve never met me,
It’s almost painful how the Buckie’s brought out the red in your lips,
I’ll brush the hair out of your face, but that’s as far as I can take this“

Wrestlemania VIII – Love Keeps Kicking

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“You were hanging at the snooker club and you were acting kind of hyper,
You said you’d met the ghosts of Maya Angelou and Rowdy Roddy Piper,
It’s like a cloud was hanging over me until the day we texted for the first time,
And the world just got a little brighter.“

The Void – Love Keeps Kicking

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“I spent my whole life running,
From a darkness I can’t comprehend,
A gate fell open and summoned,
Evil, aeons old and kept in,
Non-Euclidean geometry,
Something wicked came to swallow me,

All our rituals went wrong,
We waited for something to labour for,
All a séance and a song.

We tried to forget it,
It’s futile now we regret it,
This nameless, faceless, iridescent thing, is closing in,
Something icy cold from stories told,
Something sinful seared my gentle soul,

I saw the dormant perspective;
I saw the mirror reflective,
I saw the devil, saw the demon, saw the void behind your eyes.“

Beat, Perpetual – Please Don’t Take Me Back

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“It’s like a heatwave
That’s got me washing up on your bay
And I’ve got a itch that’s gonna lead me astray
And my rambling shoes ain’t wearing through
I need a kick-start
I need another second chance at your heart
I need wind in my sails
‘Cause if this beat fails, I’m going under“

Hope Gets Harder – Please Don’t Take Me Back

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“Every day, the hope gets harder
Where do you get yours?
Underpaid subscription servants
Of the culture wars
Drain the blood from every diamond
On this damp and hateful island
Everywhere I go
I see the closing of the doors“

Neon Lung – Please Don’t Take Me Back

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“Marigold’s meticulously organised malaise
Spent a weekend dwelling gently on the worst of our mistakes
She said ”there’s a neon lung that’s throbbing needlessly inside of me
A headache where my heart’s supposed to be

I was being good as gold and doing all that I was told
Fingers crossed behind my back forever

Mari stayed as long as she had reason to be here
Spent a lifetime meditating, now she’s almost in the clear
Sensed the ebb of everything and felt it all in flow
A heart set on the constant to and fro

I was being good as gold and doing all that I was told
Fingers crossed behind my back forever

Stay safe, it’s all we can do lately
I’ll stay, as long as you need baby
Stay safe, it’s all we can do lately
I’ll stay, as long as you need baby

Being good is good but getting better is much harder
Being good is good but getting better…
Being good is good but getting better is much harder
Being good is good but getting better…
Being good is good but getting better is much harder
Being good is good but getting better…“