Makin' It On My Own - Single

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Delivered with venom, Blood on Your Hands is a song about the Iraq War. Marshall’s powerful voice tells, first person, the tale of a squaddie stuck in a fox hole on a cold, Moonless night with only the “cold, black steel” of his rifle to protect him in a “no win situation” engineered by “faceless politicians” greedy for the “black gold” of the country’s oil reserves. “Bring me home,” demands the soldier, “don’t want my blood on your hands.”

Blood on Your Hands

Eva's Song details Marshall's feelings on becoming a father. Written in two chunks, when his daughter was born, and when she turned one, it leaves the sugar on the shelf and comes to the poignant realisation that, one day, she’ll make her own way in the world. 

Eva's Song

Double, and even triple, meanings delivered through metaphor abound in Marshall’s work, with the “real” meaning of each song known only to its writer. By way of explanation, Marshall revealed that the 10 Years Stuck In Traffic, ostensibly about mates who’ve always fancied each other but don’t want to ruin their friendship, is actually about the time he wasted driving a truck and taking – and dropping out of – a degree in consumer law instead of concentrating full-time on music.

10 Years Stuck in Traffic

Emotional Invincible, is a love song in which boy loves girl but can’t say so. Frustrated, she considers baling out before he eventually tells her that, if she sticks it out, he’ll find the words. It’s a subject that, in the wrong hands, could induce nausea, but, again, Marshall’s clever lyrics deliver something altogether more palatable.

Emotional invincible

Makin’ It On My Own, immediately masks its dark undertones with floating, melodic harmonies and nice work from Marshall himself on the six-string thing. Sunderland Echo

“immediately infectious”. Miami New Times   

Makin it on my own - Acoustic

Graham’s brand of acoustic pop-folk is comprised of “vocal gravel” juxtaposed with
sweet melodies and catchy hooks that the Miami New Times deems “immediately infectious”.

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