Jay Tennant - Rebel Run

 ...See You In The Midday Sun...

Detonating with effect of a hydrogen bomb through the speaker wires, Rebel Run, the new single from Jay Tennant, shatters the calm and pierces the atmosphere from the opening electro riff.   This is the ride Mr. Tennant is taking you on, backed by a pounding drum line that never lets up and never lets you go.  It's a ride laced with love, passion and rage, straight into the heart our dystopian post-modern world.    

Recognized I believe as an archetype of indie noir, Jay Tennant exists musically inside the ethereal emotions of darkness and romance, set upon an ever grittier, furious urban landscape.  And against those frantic, heart racing drums, the anthem explodes. Jay's lyrics evoke the silver screen and finds "the passion in your eyes", while the heart quickens with images of rebellion and "bullets in the night."

From the verse to the bridge to the chorus, Rebel Run continues it's explosive pace, underpinning Jay's howling, moody vocal.  And in the mix of the vocal, radiating guitar riffs, the furious drum line and electro synth vibes, the track sets your head spinning, and returns you to the same thumping starting point. 

Jay is truly a master at crafting the musical with the inner visual.  The frenzied pace of Rebel Run is equally balanced by the lyrical hero, "feelin like Jim Morrison and lookin like God's only son".  We are all dreaming of becoming that hero and breaking down the walls of our own existence, even if it's only Saturday night.  But be careful, amidst all that flailing abandon the power is out there in the night and "they'll tear you apart".         

  

Marseille - Thinker

 

...I've Been Thinkin About You...

Sixty days since the release of Only Just Begun, in the middle of a headlining tour that sees the band ripping it up in Guildford tonight, and hey why not release a new single, so yea here we go, New Music Friday rolls again with Marseille 2.0 holding nothing back....Thinker!

Straight off, lyrically and musically, the track wastes no time wrapping you up in intimate feelings of suffering and regret, while the complexly layered melody hooks you in, the riffs carry you away on the feeling. From those gentle acoustic lines, there's an incredible sense of peace and familiarity invoked in the opening that carries itself through to it's inevitable dramatic conclusion.  

The track is a shining performance, a vocal tour de force, blending a luscious harmony while the vocal lays bare Will's emotion and charisma.  It's poignant in it's message, and rapturous in it's delivery! 

Thinker is going to resonate with new fans and those already firmly in the Marseille camp.  Yea it's a proper chill vibe, but it's full of complex swagger and attitude that comes from band's belief that this is their year, ...and I believe that too. Comparisons have and will be made, but who really cares, our roots run deep and the music connects us! Nothing stays the same, everything changes, that's life....Marseille figured that part out!