Name: The Way by J. Marco in Week 40●Oct.17
Duration: 3 min 51 s
Description: J. Marco - Days Of Surrender (Full Album)

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🔁Week 40
01.🇬🇧 The Boxer Rebellion●What The Fuck
02.🇺🇸 Roadkill Ghost Choir●Sad Magic
03.🇬🇧 San Felu●Oh Diviner
04.🇬🇧 Stereo Honey●The Bay
05.🇦🇹 Leyya●Zoo
06.🇺🇸 shey baba●Requiem
07.🇬🇧 Paul Thomas Saunders●I'll Come Running
08.🇬🇧 Cavalry●Heresy
09.🇺🇸 J. Marco●The Way
10.🇬🇧 Frightened Rabbit●Rained On
11.🇬🇧 Plastic Flowers●Dalliance
12.🇬🇧 AUGUST●HEAL
13.🇳🇱 Kakkmaddafakka●Summer Melancholy
14.🇫🇮 Colorblue●Belong
15.🇺🇸 WALK THE MOON●One Foot
16.🇦🇺 The Belligerents●Science Fiction
17.🇺🇸 BANKS.●Underdog
18.🇺🇸 The 10x●Higher Love
19.🇳🇴 Firewoodisland●Dearest Brother
20.🇨🇦 Jordan Klassen●Too Far Gone
21.🇦🇺 Lupa J●Moth
22.🇸🇪 bOys●Rabbits
23.🇬🇧 Lorne●Oil and Water
24.🇺🇸 SAINT MOTEL●Destroyer
25.🇬🇧 George Glew●Home Love
26.🇬🇧 Tempesst●Waiheke
27.🇺🇸 Isador●Falling
28.🇺🇸 The Lighthouse & The Whaler●Made of Water
29.🇺🇸 Colyer●Enough
30.🇫🇷 Ibeyi●I Wanna Be Like You
31.🇺🇸 Geographer●So Low

Week 40●Oct.17

J. Marco - Days Of Surrender (Full Album)

The Way

Alone Time EP

So Low

San Felu - How To Build Windmills
Released on the 29th Sept 2017 via OUF records 
Co Produced / Mixed by Peter Miles Mastered by James Bragg

Oh Diviner

'What the Fuck'  is a reflective monologue, a note to self, aimed at cutting through the noise of the socially and politically turbulent world we all currently find ourselves in. 
 
“The world is fucked,” says Nicholson.  “You can’t pick up a paper or read your ‘feed’ without literally choking on news of immeasurable destruction and loss of life, and spirit, every second of every day.  Sure, every once in a while the clouds part and something beautiful cuts through like a knife and shines upon us, but it’s hard to escape the global outpouring of bad news alongside the constant, unavoidable messaging that things will continue to get worse, not better. As a relatively new father, I can’t help but turn my thoughts inwards and accept that I can make a difference by setting a better example to my son. To teach him as best I can not to disappear into the ocean of misery before us, but rather to understand that change starts at home and to accept that as much as we have a part to play in the negatives, we also have the power to deliver on the positives.”
 
"The song is an internal monologue with somewhat bleak words to live by. Kind of a, "quit suffering and be empowered and courageous to make a change" message to self. The line that sums it up best for me is:  “accept the gifts you’re given and accept it ends too soon”.  I'm very content that the song’s message is clear, but also excited by the fact that, from a production point of view, we have treated this song (and the others recorded alongside it) differently to our past works. For example, in this track Andy (Andrew Smith, the band's lead guitarist) went to town with string and horn arrangements - making a dark song even darker. To me, the ending sounds what I imagine Elliot Smith soundtracking a Tarantino film would sound like.”
 

What the Fuck is co-produced and co-mixed by The Boxer Rebellion and Adam ‘Cecil’ Bartlett.

What the Fuck

ALL YOUR LOVE

Long before moving to Nashville and kicking off his songwriting career, J. Marco listened to records in his Massachusetts bedroom, moving between the fast-moving fuzz of punk-rock and the hard-hitting hooks of pop music. Years later, he combines both of those genres on Myth, his debut release as a solo artist.

 Inspired by a range of influences — including the Strokes, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and seminal book The Hero with a Thousand Faces by mythologist Joseph Campbell — Myth finds J. Marco pulling triple-duty as singer, songwriter, and lead guitarist. He covers a good deal of ground along the way, from the synth-pop of the album's propulsive single, "The Void" to the anthemic rock & roll of "Long Way Down" "Stranger in the Night" & "Castaway"   Gluing the entire album together is an emphasis on guitar riffs and undeniable melodies, the same two ingredients that connected most of Marco's childhood influences.

  "I still listen to a lot of garage rock, but I've always loved a good pop hook," he says. "I wanted to bridge those two things. Myth has some fast tempos and fuzzy guitars, but it still has pop elements, too.  I wanted it to be relatable."

  A former member of the Nashville-based band New City Savages, Marco began singing after the group's former frontman left the lineup, leaving an open spot in front of the microphone. Marco filled the vacancy, but he continued writing his own songs on the side, too, building up a catalog of music whose epic, electric sweep didn't exactly suit his band's sound. 

With Myth, he steps into his new solo career with confidence, steering each song into a place where guitar fuzz, melodic hooks, high-speed percussion, mythology, and real life all crash together.


The Way

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