AND JUST WHAT IS IT YOU WANNA DO? ….WE WANNA BE FREE….
After being lost in the Jungle for what seemed like a blurry, endless, hazy Summer, Marseille downshift into overdrive and strike out for Freedom!
With an air of invincibility that only youth, gigging, and having a Madchester remixed anthem in their arsenal brings, the band makes no shame of their new swagger as they announce; “the new era of Marseille has begun.” What Balls! …And did I mention the new fifth member of the band? Yea you know!
I asked last time round, what they gonna do after Jungle, and they stormed back with Freedom Penned as a bit of a love letter to Derby, with the hope their music could bring some spirit back to a city they believe has fallen into the gloom, Freedom delivers!
There’s something in that opening, the bass, the drums, it’s familiar, it’s Marseille, but something’s different. The drums are heavier, the bass crisper, the sound is tighter, faster! This is what you get out of gigging, this is a band gelling their sound and moving forward, this is a new Marseille, I’m sold on that.
The guitars roar in with their signature riffs, rhythm notes cascading over the low end, but the action is quicker, the timing is spot on. If you haven’t seen the band perform Freedom on Raw Sound TV this past week then you need to now. There’s a steeliness in their eyes, they’re attaching the track on all levels, the vocal’s ripping it up, and not looking back!
As November rolls in, the Selectors out there begin their track of the year lists, and without getting into the ring with that monster, there’s no doubt that Marseille will be taking prominent spots topside of 2022. Freedom is an unquestionable triumph for the “New Marseille,” breaking with the past and setting course on the future!
