Marge is a four-piece indie/punk band from the burgeoning DIY music scene of Philadelphia, PA. The catchy Bruise Easy is their debut full-length release for punk mainstay, Salinas Records. The thirteen tracks on Bruise Easy represent what the DIY music scene of Philadelphia is all about: excitement, heart, and honesty.

Marge came together as a band in 2013 for DIY Philadelphia’s, First Time’s the Charm Fest, a two-day festival showcasing new bands in Philadelphia’s DIY scene with a spotlight on female-identified, trans, and queer folks and people of colour. After a few EP releases, a split with Philadelphia band Gunk, and some exciting live shows with bands like Radiatior Hospital, Swearin’, Waxahatchee, and Lvl Up around the east coast, the band caught the attention of Salinas Records. Salinas Records offered to put out the band’s first full-length record, and the band began work on what would become Bruise Easy.

Recorded in West Philadelphia at Sex Dungeon studios, by Dan Angel and James Ryskalchick over the course of one week, the songs on Bruise Easy bring the listener back to the sounds of bands like Belly, The Breeders, Throwing Muses, and, at times, The Raincoats. Even though these bands are great reference points for someone that has never heard Marge, the band gives a youthful punk spirit to the music that tended to lack in their predecessors. Bruise Easy brings to life the sentiments of ’80s and ’90s indie rock, while updating it for a new generation of frustrated youth. Bruise Easy flows effortlessly, and fills the air with an atmosphere and melody that most bands spend their entire careers trying to achieve.