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Martha are a rock band from Pity Me, a village in County Durham in the North East of England. After singles on their own Discount Horse label and Odd Box Records, their debut album Courting Strong, was released on Fortuna Pop! and Salinas Records in 2014. As of 2022 they have released four full-length albums on cult UK and US based independent record labels. They have described themselves as queer, vegan and anarchist. They have no designated frontperson and all contribute vocals. Two members of Martha previously founded (and still play in) the band ONSIND, and another led the band No Ditching. Multiple members of Martha have also played in the group Fortitude Valley. They have variously cited The Housemartins, Motown, Billy Bragg, The Thermals, Ted Leo, power pop, The Replacements, Heart, The Marked Men, Big Star, Masshysteri, and The Exploding Hearts as influences.
This album is tons of fun. Every song is just undiluted mainline power pop punk and it hits like crack for me even if some of the lyrics might be a little eye roll worthy.
Kind of a obscure British band. So did not know what to expect. The chance in vocalists is a fun variation. It's rock, but a lot of indie too. Enjoyed it very much, and let's hope they break through to mainland Europe too.
I bloody love this album. In fact, I was wearing my Martha tshirt whilst listening. I don't know what it is about Martha but they really get me going. I think their lyrics and style just fit my demographic perfectly. It's that style of grown up po-p-punk, emo indie and taking that same style and feeling but it's grown up with the audience,
Another great find. I had never heard this album before but it was quite the banger.
This was very good. Reminded me a bit of my favorite band, the Replacements, though a bit more pop-sounding and less punk sounding. 4 stars.
Did someone from the band put this on here? I love this sort of sound, but these kind of bands are a dime a dozen these days and this isn't exceptional. Amusingly, spotify recommended another band, Muncie Girls who have played with people from Martha, which is a band I do enjoy, in particular Lande Hekt. She is amazing. Go listen to that instead. Given how this kinda sound is dime a dozen, this band has had no impact on the industry at all, it's not really essential that you listen to this. My personal rating: 3/5 My rating relative to the list: 4/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Baby does your heart sink, flag//burner
Great indie rock album with a lot of energy and fun in uptempo songs. My favorites are “Beat, Perpetual”, “Every Day the Hope Gets Harder” and “Baby, Does Your Heart Sink?”
I’ve been doing the user contributed list for about three weeks now and this is the first band I hit the follow button for on Spotify to make sure I come back and listen to another record. Something about the sound really resonates with me.
Tagging this for later. It's too new to make sense on a list like this, but the sound is right up my alley and I enjoyed the rotating vocals.
a pretty cool new album to me. Martha the band not just the person, have a style of reinvented 90s alt punk mixed with the style of vampire weekend. Overall it’s a pretty fun recent album that has a little bit of everything. The changing of singers keeps the album fresh yet keeps the same string style instrumentally. I’d revisit this and definitely check out their other stuff. 6.8/10
Indie pop, pop punk, power pop. Ni fu ni fa.
Thought this would be a slower singer-songwriter effort, so I was pleasantly surprised by the squeal of feedback that started the LP. Can’t say I’m a fan of the male vocals (too Jeff Rosenstock for my taste), but the guitar and other instrumentals are solid and make this a fun indie outing overall.
I didn't mind this, didn't love it either. For all the counterculture cred suggested by the band description and history, I thought the sound was pretty mainstream alternative, without much vestige of supposed punk influences.
Kind of a throwback for 2022. Feels like a lot of the sort of indie rock of the mid-2000s or early-2010s. Didn't hate it, but didn't stand out at all.
This is someone’s friend’s band but it’s fun in a modern pop rock punk kinda way
Shoegaze pop for the 2020s
Very listenable leaning heavier on the pop side of pop punk. I enjoyed it although I don’t think I’d put it on my 1001 list. But I wouldn’t mind being at one of their shows at all!
Never heard of this before. Going by the cover... something folky? Ok no it's pop punk. I don't know much about this genre, the closest I ever listened to was like blink 182 in high school and I know these guys will be 2 orders of magnitude removed from that in 2022, but that's my frame of reference. But it's doing a pretty standard pop punk thing, which is hard not to tap your foot to. Ok! Overall, this was that kinda childish pop punk I never really got into, mostly because it pretty much only has one speed and gets old quickly, BUT this only went for half an hour anyway. Thank Christ someone understood the assignment. Nothing groundbreaking, but catchy enough and knew not to overstay its welcome. 3/5.
Okay, I won’t
Didn't love it, didn't hate it
I enjoyed the punchy, power pop vibe of this album, although the quality of the vocals was really hit or miss for me. Doesn't really bring anything new to the table, but it's a fun listen. Fave Songs: Beat, Perpetual; Please Don't Take Me Back; Hope Gets Harder; Baby, Does Your Heart Sink?
It's ok- sounds more like an Australian boyband I know but it's fun and honest. I can't bring myself to give it a poor score.
Yeah this grew on me a little. At first I wasn't sure but by the end I felt it picked up quite a bit. It wasn't particularly good overall but I didn't hate it either
Like a first draft of a demo, with seemingly no thought put into polishing the songs up or having an actual producer help them out. This is endearing at points, but at other times I just wish they had spent more than the run-time on writing and recording. An interesting album I would never have heard without it being here, but falls a long way short of the standard required for the top 1,001 (or even 2,002) albums.
Like a shit McFly.
Nothing on here that blew me away.
The truth is, nothing transcendental or relevant seemed to me; their most listened to songs seemed generic and lacking emotion or hype. Another indie that is indie for a reason.