Marsicans release new single ‘Someone Else’s Touch’
Leeds indie-pop quartet Marsicans have just shared their brand new single Someone Else’s Touch, the latest single to be taken from their upcoming debut album, Ursa Major, set to arrive on August 14th via Killing Moon Records.
Someone Else’s Touch sees the band drop their usual bright and energetic direction for something far more humbling and packed with a raw and heartfelt dose of emotion. I am loving the somewhat haunting and cinematic atmosphere of the song that allows the listener to focus on those lush vocals and heartfelt storytelling. Someone Else's Touch is a beautiful piece of indie-pop music with lush guitars, tender melodies and emotive vocals that create quite a warm and intimate atmosphere packed with tons of emotion. This is one of those songs I'd play when home alone with my thoughts and wanting to connect with my emotions.
To accompany the release, the band shared its official music video which was shot by long-term visual collaborators Sodium Films and is fittingly stark. Check it out below!
Speaking about their new release, bassist/vocalist Rob Brander said,
'Someone Else's Touch' started its life a long time ago, and is the oldest song to make it onto our debut album. It's also probably the most adventurous song on the record in terms of production. Like many of the things we write, it started life on an acoustic guitar, but at a time when we were trying to push ourselves a little further than six strings. So we borrowed a couple of old keyboards and started building loops and textures that sounded exciting to us. We got so far down a rabbit hole that the first time we played the song to our manager, he laughed. We knew it wasn't the finished article, but were confident there was something special in the noise, so we committed it to a demo and continued to write new music.After a few years on a hard drive, some fresh perspective, and some crystallizing lyrical additions, we came back to that demo with renewed excitement. Much of the original version still exists within the song, but a magical evening at Rockfield Studios last summer saw the finishing touches to the musical landscaping. Our producer, Mickey Dale, and I came together after a few beers to become a kind of Bradford-Bon Iver for the evening, followed by the only tears of the album sessions as James delivered a beautiful vocal in a darkened corner of the legendary studio. It's a moment, and an evening that we will always remember very fondly, and we are incredibly proud of 'Someone Else's Touch' as a song, and a marker of our perseverance as a band.