{"product_id":"martha-love-keeps-kicking-new-cd","title":"Martha - Love Keeps Kicking - New CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1848523213\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=2ebd35\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003eMartha - Love Keeps Kicking by Dirtnap Records\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA fetus kicks to announce an imminent arrival, the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e dying man \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ekicks the bucket.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll through life we take our kicks: teenage kicks, modern kicks, kicks  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein the gut. These days, with the worldwide rise of fascists,  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edemagogues, abusers, and hypocrites, the kick we feel most often comes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhile we’re down.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e From their sudden and deliberate first chord on Love Keeps Kicking,  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebeloved British punk collective Martha announce their intent to kick  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eback. Across 11 tracks, these daughters and sons of Pity Me, England,  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshow that, while our world might be in spiral, there is still plenty  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eworth fighting for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn many ways Love Keeps Kicking is a breakup record, with each song  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003einhabiting different parts of the process. “This year blew my world  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eapart” sings guitarist\/vocalist Daniel Ellis on album opener “Heart is  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHealing.” With lush vocal harmonies (and one of the best riffs in  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMartha’s discography) “Healing” explores the uncomfortable period  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebetween love’s end, and when the heart is ready to move on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElsewhere, the opening chords of “Orange Juice” (arguably the best  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003esong Martha have written to date) echo the kicking of it’s narrator’s  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eheart, as they suddenly realize with fearful clarity that their  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003elongtime relationship is ending. “I didn’t know it then, but you were  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003efalling out of love with me \/ It’s a new development in the plan \/ a  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003epainful change in circumstance,” Nathan Stephens-Griffin sings,  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewringing out the imminent meaning in each word. Ending just as it  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebegins, “Orange Juice” is Martha at their most heartbreaking, hitting  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea tender, bittersweet, middle ground between Paul Westerberg and the  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePastels as Stephens-Griffin confesses “I don’t know what to do now.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut while many songs are openly about romantic breakups, most could  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ejust as easily about the pain of seeing the world swing dramatically  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003etowards the far right. As Pitchfork noted in their glowing review of  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2016’s Blisters in the Pit of My Heart, Martha explore the  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“intersections of reality and emotionality.” For a band whose  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eidentities are political whether or not they want them to be, daily  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003elife in 2018 is often a kick in the teeth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn Love Keeps Kicking, this vulnerability becomes one of Martha’s  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003egreatest strengths. Again and again, the band lovingly gives voice  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(all four voices) to lives lived on the edge: institutionalized  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003echildren (“Mini Was a Preteen Arsonist”), outcasts (“Wrestlemania  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVIII”), lovesick demonologists (“Love Keeps Kicking”), and feminist  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003esci-fi writers (“Lucy Shone a Light On You: The Ballad of Lucy Connor  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart II”). These are the people Martha celebrate, reminding them (and  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eus) that love might not be there now, but it’s still kicking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaturity in punk is often code for “boring”. Sometimes that’s true,  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebut if Love Keeps Kicking illustrates anything, it’s the importance of  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003egrowth in a stunted world—of knowing how to love what you have, and  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehow to celebrate the loves you’ve lost. Martha have already made a  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecase for themselves as this generation’s Buzzcocks (if not this  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003egeneration’s Clash), and with Love Keeps Kicking fans will likely find  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethemselves discovering even more about the band to love. Because even  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eif the world’s going to shit, love keeps kicking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Mike Huguenor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.      Heart Is Healing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2.      Sight For Sore Eyes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3.      Into This\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4.      Wrestlemania VIII\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5.      Mini Was A Preteen Arsonist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6.      Love Keeps Kicking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7.      Brutalism By The River (Arrhythmia)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8.      Orange Juice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9.      The Void\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10.     Lucy Shone A Light On You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11.     The Only Letter That You Kept\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dirtnap Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719528845415,"sku":"qdx1793368088918","price":6.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/4594\/9543\/files\/martha---love-keeps-kicking---new-cd_1.jpg?v=1793368102","url":"https:\/\/tullestylestore.shop\/products\/martha-love-keeps-kicking-new-cd","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}