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Jul 8, 2016Martha are everything you want a great pop band to be: students of their trade, people with something to say and the vocabulary to do it, a distinctively joyous sound and a grand sense of humour.
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Jul 7, 2016The emotional universality of the debut has certainly carried through to Blisters in the Pit of My Heart.
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Jun 30, 2016There’s only a certain level of cute that some listeners can tolerate in their guitar rock cocktail, but for those willing to embrace a style of music that’s immediately satisfying and goes out of its way to relate to the people who need it most, it’s hard to do better than four Brits who, by their own admission, “stumble over words from time to time.”
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Jul 5, 2016A very accomplished second album, and you can almost see the band outgrowing their DIY roots in the most subtle of ways.
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Jul 1, 2016Martha may be saddled with a name that doesn't exactly imply excitement, but one quick spin through Blisters is enough to dispel any doubts as feet start to move, pulses begin to race, and the part of the brain that compels one to sing along is stimulated in a big way.
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Jul 1, 2016Relatability abounds on Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart, perhaps not least on retail romance tale ‘Precarious (The Supermarket Song)’ where “I’m like an unexpected item in your bagging area” emerges as a contender for lyric of the year.
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Jun 27, 2016Winningly, their wit is matched by a thrilling, fizzing set of noisy, melodic songs that ought to inspire utter devotion and soundtrack many, many summers of abandon and heartbreak.
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Jul 13, 2016At times it may feel cheesy, or like “naive romantic shite” as they say at one point, but in the end, it’s honestly comforting.
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UncutJun 27, 2016It's addictive, delirious and madcap, Martha turning anxiety into exuberance. [Aug 2016, p.78]
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Jun 27, 2016Blisters in the Pit of My Heart is an impressive record and a thoughtful ode to art as both expression and refuge.
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Jun 27, 2016There's a definite sense of deja vu, and maybe there's less of the bite that made the Durham band's debut Courting Strong feel so vital... but when the band kick into heavier tracks like Goldman's Detective Agency, it's free-wheeling, cathartic goodness.