FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –
The rock trio known as Mad the Martian
have released their debut LP record, “Blast Off.” The album is
comprised of 13 original tracks for an approximate total listening
time of 55 minutes, making for a powerful and plentiful introduction
to this upbeat, ingenious and impeccably skilled band. The album has
been released on the MtM Records music label. A contemporary
alternative rock record with elements of both indie and classic rock,
“Blast Off” by Mad the Martian is catchy, arresting, beautifully
harmonic and endlessly fun.
They cite as main artistic influences
such legends as Queen, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, and the
Beach Boys. Asked to remark upon the themes explored on their new
album, they write simply, “Focus on the positive, stand up for
yourself, and hear life’s melody.”
Mad the Martian is a trio formed of
brothers Robert and Jack Marsh, reunited with their longtime friend
and producer extraordinaire, Anthony J. Resta (Duran Duran, Elton
John, Collective Soul et al). They are an animated band with a TV
program in development, and have been playing together since the mid-
1990s. Their style is based on alt- rock songwriting anchored on
classic rock sensibilities, their signature sound marked by
impeccably fine taste and an absolute refusal of digital
instrumentation.
Speaking of this decision, Mad the
Martian write, “We are coming to earth to fight against auto-tune
abuse and laptop uniformity. [We're creating] a fresh, new rock 'n'
roll sound that still sounds classic, using instruments made before
1979. No digital synthesizers were used in the making of 'Blast
Off.'”
The “Mad the Martian” animated
series has the debut record as its underlying plot. Appropriately,
the widespread overuse of modern studio technology such as auto tune
and synthetic instrumentation is one of its major themes. The story
as related in their official bio reads:
“'Blast Off' is an animated series about Mad the Martian, a wacky band from another solar system on an intersolar mission to stamp out the same auto-tune abuse that consumed pop music on their home planet, Sunev, 30 years prior, which derailed their music career.
“'Blast Off' is an animated series about Mad the Martian, a wacky band from another solar system on an intersolar mission to stamp out the same auto-tune abuse that consumed pop music on their home planet, Sunev, 30 years prior, which derailed their music career.
In their 'Time Machine,' they come to
Earth after Voyager 1 becomes trapped in their orbit having left
Earth’s solar system. Aboard Voyager 1 they find the gold records
[stored there by NASA] of Elvis, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and
the Beach Boys.
'It sounds like us!' they exclaim. 'We
must go to Earth – we will finally be rock stars there.'
But when they get to Earth, they find
the same plastic, force-fed, auto-tuned-beyond-recognition music that
killed their careers back home. They settle in LA and meet up with a
legendary rock guitar player and a gruff, no-BS manager played by
[name as-yet to be officially declared].” The rest is an ongoing
war of which “Blast Off” represents the first battle, and over
which Mad the Martian clearly stand victorious.
Their tone and timbre are brightly
colored by their chosen instruments for the debut album, making the
record sound fuller, deeper, and more complexly textured than perhaps
any rock record published in the last ten years.
“We are all vintage gear collectors,”
Mad the Martian writes, “lovers of all things analog, tape machines
and synthesizers and pickups and amp cabs and heads. We constantly
buy and sell and trade guitars from the 50’s and 60’s and 70’s.
We can talk about pedals and amps and tubes for hours. People in the
same room with us get a headache hearing all the model numbers and
endless geeky details about the tones and sonic character in endless
minutia.”
Mad the Martian's new record has
reputedly started strong in the media, the band having struck several
non-exclusive deals for film and TV use.
“We will be bragging constantly here
and through social media,” they said of this on their official
website, “because we have to keep the ball rolling and make it
happen to recoup our costs, and to do it all over again.”
“Blast Off” by Mad the Martian is
available online worldwide. Get in early, audiophiles – very early.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
The LP “Blast Off” is
distributed globally by MondoTunes (www.MondoTunes.com)
and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
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