The Martial Arts Drop Friends for Fools
Glaswegian pop rock act The Martial Arts are going to be dropping a new record for you next week, so why not take the chance to indulge your pop roots a bit here by listening to their latest single. It opens with this sort of pub rock chug to it, with a nice little bit of cowbell thrown in for fun, but the big hooks don’t swing into the song until you hit the 35 second mark. This is where they turn you into a pop fanatic, dropping sharp percussive beats and angular strums that open up into power pop goodness. Paul Kelly’s voice just rips in this performance, punctuating his delivery in the right spots, then pulling back the sheets to reveal the melodic underbelly that runs throughout. In There Like Swimwear will be out on August 9th via WIAIWYA.