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Written by Jake Wherry/Maya Blandy/Kathy Brown
Percussion - Patrick Dawes
Guitar - Adam Phillips
Vocals - Maya Blandy
Vocals - Kathy Brown
Beat, Guitar, Bass & Keyboards - Jake Wherry
Produced by Jake Wherry
Mixed by Josh Bowman @ Bowman Sound, Toronto.

Released on 31st May 2023
Please share and support x

Stardust ft Kathy Brown

Tunda is a afropop Swahili love song written and performed by William Munyoki aka K-trap 254 

Tunda_K-Trap.mp3

Bored Marsh’s first single ‘The Grind’ released widely on all platforms May 12th, is a 6 minute delay dripped art rock tune which captures every aspect of the Bored Marsh sound. 

Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Phil Booth and Rich Collins at JT Soar, Nottingham.

The Grind

One Speck Of Blue

Broken Utopia’ by Conscious Route and Big Rebz

Edinburgh-based rapper, Conscious Route (Left) and East London’s Big Rebz (Right) have teamed up for ‘Broken Utopia,’ featuring two tight tracks produced by battle-rapper and beat-maker, Mackenzie. The first track, ‘Synthetic Light’ kicks off with an anthemic opening that drops into a tight guitar loop and break before flipping into a dub finale as the MCs speak on the dark and fake life of the streets. Rather than aggrandising the street life, Conscious Route and Big Rebz speak on the track like survivors with a distinctly confident swagger. Things ease right back for ‘White Vicious’ with a mellow break and some DJ cuts being brought into play by iconic UK turntablist, DJ JabbaThaKut on the track. However, the duo of MCs don’t waste time on chatter as they trade bars giving an eyes-wide-open look at poverty and inequality in the UK. This short and sharp double release delivers a cross-border look at life in the UK in 2023, showing that the real dividing lines are with poverty, prosperity and opportunity rather than location. We need more of this grown-up hip-hop to balance a cultural focus on nihilism and tough talking without consequences or reality in the field.  Release date 28th of April 2023.

Produced mixed by Mackenzie
Mastered by Forest DLG @ KMJ45 Studio
All tracks Written by Conscious Route & Big Rebz
Cuts on (White Vicious) by JabbaThaKut
Artwork by Autops
Released by True Hold records all rights reserved

Broken Utopia 

Synthetic Light (Radio Edit) by Conscious Route & Big Rebz Produced by Mackenzie

A fun, catchy song reminding couples to focus on each other even when surrounded by negativity. "Vibing" is a romantic pop song with a bounce and groove that will have you stuck in the reminiscent melody. Rhythmic electric guitar plucking drives the song in between a funky R&B beat while silky vocal harmonies and the lyric dance on top. A perfect fit as a "Lover's Anthem".

Vibing

Recognised as one of the brightest hopes coming out of Nottingham right now, Bored Marsh are an alternative rock 4-piece, their name referencing a now derelict shopping centre & lack of progress in their hometown through Government funding cuts and austerity, who are starting to draw the recognition and attention of those further afield.


Formed via lockdown demo-sharing, their reverb-soaked dynamic sound combines soaring melodic vocal and guitar harmonies, with darker, heavier sections. Taking inspiration from various eras of guitar music over recent decades, from early post-punk and grunge, through to more recent shoegaze and new wave influences, references include the likes of Interpol and Radiohead.


Performing live since the end of 2022, their reputation increases at pace receiving praise from the likes of Under The Radar, BBC Radio, and Louder Than War. Debut single “The Grind” released in May 2023 was picked up and featured on Made in Chelsea of all places, with the band also recognised by the likes of God Is In The TV, and as a Spotlight Artist by The Unsigned Guide.


Recent performances include playing to a heaving Rough Trade Nottingham for DHP’s Beat The Streets Festival, prime slots at Waterfront and Riverside festivals last summer, as well as sell-out shows supporting the likes of The Warlocks and New Candys. 


Bored Marsh are performing as Special Guests for Eyre Llew at their hometown comeback show in March, and have slots secured at this year’s FOCUS Wales as well as Dot to Dot festival later on in May.  With their next single ‘Alright, OK!’ Due out in June off their forthcoming ‘Idiot EP’ due out in September, Bored Marsh are well and truly on the rise.




“Rightly recognised as one of the brightest indie hopes in the city right now. Their show in Rough Trade is effortlessly tight, their seismic, dark, melancholy indie rock filling the room. Nottingham’s Interpol? Yeah, sure, Shades of The Walkmen? Yeah. Glimmers of Editors? You bet. Radiohead’s angsty melodies. Totally. But all wrapped in anthemic indie. Bored Marsh are anything but boring.” Under The Radar

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The Grind

Bored Marsh

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