View basket “Clearing” has been added to your basket. Courting Strong Martha SKU: FPOP172LP Barcode: 5060044172250 14.00 £14.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fortuna Pop! Released Date: 2nd June 2014 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info I’ve not heard an album so joyously indie since the first Los Campesinos! long player. Spikey songs about being young that The Buzzcocks would be proud of. They hail from the North East and may have grown up with Kenickie as their heroes. I hope so. It would make sense. If you’re into jumping up and down and smiling loads, just buy this. – Matt Jarrett (Diverse Vinyl) Hailing from Pity Me near Durham, vegan straight-edge pop group MARTHA have just signed to Fortuna POP! Providing energetic, impassioned pop punk, Martha are informed by 90s indie rock and Scandinavian anarcho noir. The album, produced by MJ from Hookworms, is laden with harmonies and interchangeable vocals whilst still retaining the energy and excitement of the band’s live shows. Formed in 2011 by siblings Naomi (bass, vocals) and Nathan Griffin (drums, vocals) with J. Cairns (guitar, vocals) and Daniel Ellis (guitar, vocals), Martha have fast become a staple of the UK DIY pop scene. There are many competing stories as to the origin of their band name but it’s a fact that the very last passenger pigeon on earth was called Martha. When she died, the whole species became extinct. Decamping from the North East to record the album at Suburban Home Studios, Leeds, the band enjoyed the freedom of being in the studio and experimenting with MJ’s equipment to produce unexpected sounds. Taken from a line in the song Gin and Listerine, the album title “Courting Strong” is an expression that was used to describe couples who were getting really serious. There’s the old cliché that when you’re young you think you’re invincible and that everything will last forever – the album is about looking back and reflecting on past moments in your life, past friendships and relationships, accepting the uncertainty and fragility of those things and moving forward positively. The overarching theme of the album is ‘growing up weird’. It’s a semi-autobiographical story about growing up in a small town, with a sense of not fitting in but on the way finding people who share that feeling and forming really strong bonds. It’s an album for the people who stayed in their hometown, and for the people who still go back and visit. Martha’s melodic punk pop celebrates being an outsider whilst being part of a community. The album touches on uncertainty, fear and loneliness whilst exuding an effervescent sense of excitement and joy. There’s darkness beneath the pop surface – but there are also songs about teenage antics, drinking, courting and having your heart broken. “Martha have mastered that neat Buzzcocks trick of riding those gloriously glowing guitars with sweet, comfortingly-fey voices singing in irresistible harmony. In short, they’re pretty darn great” Clash Magazine “Top notch buzzsaw indiepop with enough melodic punk in their DNA to make them stand out. Definitely worth keeping an eye on” Narc Heavyweight Vinyl LP + MP3. Artist Martha Genre Rock And Pop Label Fortuna Pop! 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