Specialist Subject Records (UK) / Dirtnap Records (US) – Durham indiepop-punks Martha return with their fourth album, and it might just be their best one yet. With their endlessly radiant hooks dialled up to maximum setting, paired with another heart-rending and relatable lyric sheet that reflects on the universal scars of the pandemic years, Please Don’t Take Me Back is the work of a band in the form of their life. It’s also an instant classic – one that’s both smartly prescient and warmly addictive. Recorded at Nottingham’s JT Soar by ‘Bad’ Phil Booth (The Cool Greenhouse, Rattle, Grey Hairs), Please Don’t Take Me Back is a timely collection of deliciously catchy pop songs about ‘resisting the feeling that the good days are behind us’. Track listing: 1. Beat, Perpetual 2. Every Day the Hope Gets Harder 3. Please Dont Take Me Back 4. Irreversible Motion 5. Baby, Does Your Heart Sink? 6. F L A G // B U R N E R 7. Neon Lung 8. Take Me Back to The Old Days (Reprise) 9. Total Cancellation of The Future 10. I Didnt Come Here to Surrender 11. You Cant Have a Good Time All of the Time
