Words: Ellie Ward
Marsicans come storming out of the starting blocks with their bombastic new single 'Juliet', released this week.
The track follows 'Can I Stay Here Forever (pt.II)' which was first to drop from their debut album 'Ursa Major', which is released on May 22.
The anthemic opening of driving guitars gives a sense of the Marsicans live sound, before James Newbigging enters to deliver the introspective lyrics in his own now familiar style, as the melodious rush of the track rolls in.
"The song is set on the Juliet balcony at the flat where I live," explains frontman Newbigging. "It was written at quite a difficult time, where we were all outwardly happy about what we were doing as a band, but I personally just felt dejected by the uncertainty of it all. Not by the things we could control ourselves, but worrying over things like if we were ever going to release an album. And if we did, would anyone even care? What were we doing with our lives? And basically spending all my time feeling shit about the unknown future.
"So each verse is a different night of me on the balcony thinking these thoughts - but then something would always cheer me up (the moon looking cool, thinking about what we've done so far as a band, etc). The 'I'm overthinking this' lyric in the chorus is me telling myself to stop being so stupid and to not dwell on matters that are out of my control, to just enjoy what I'm doing."
Listen to ‘Juliet’ below, and then check out Marsicans' October headline tour dates. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, February 28.
Live dates (w/ Deco and Sad Boys Club)
OCTOBER
14 Aberdeen Tunnels
15 Glasgow King Tut's
17 Manchester Gorilla
21 Bristol Thekla
22 London Scala
24 Leeds Beckett University
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