Slated for an April 5, 2019 release through Dirtnap Records, Love Keeps Kicking, the forthcoming, third, full-length album from County Durham, England-based punk rock outfit Martha reportedly is partially a breakup record in which the album’s material goes through the familiar spectrum of emotions associated with heartbreak but while reminding the listener that what hurts now, won’t hurt forever — and that the hurt they experience will be a vital part of their life story, informing who they are, who they will become and how they treat others.
Centered around enormous and rousingly anthemic hooks, big power chords, a motorik-like groove and boy-girl harmonies, Love Keeps Kicking‘s latest single “The Void” is an urgent and frenzied bit of power pop tinged punk — but thematically, the song as the band explains in press notes is “about the cosmic darkness that’s engulfing the planet and all life on it. Impending ecological catastrophe, nuclear Armageddon, ancient gods awakening, suicidal sedation . . . We’re staring into the void . . .”
The band are currently in the middle of a lengthy UK and European Union tour. Check out the tour dates below.
Tour dates
06 April – UK – Margate, Elsewhere
07 April – BEL – Antwerp, Trix
08 April – DE – Bochum, Rotunde
09 April – DE – Wiesbaden, Schlachthof
10 April – DE – Köln, Sonic Ballroom
11 April – DE – Jena, Kassablanca
12 April – CZ – Prague – Klub 007 Strahow
13 April – DE- Alte Mälzerei, Heimspiel Festival
16 April – UK – London – The Garage
20 April – UK – Manchester – Manchester Punk Fest
26 April – UK – Bristol – Exchange
27 April – UK – Brighton – West Hill Hall
28 April – UK -Birmingham – Hare & Hounds
3 May – UK – Glasgow – Mono
5 May – UK – Leicester – Handmade Festival
13th July – UK – Cheltenham – 2000 Trees Festival
28th July – UK – Steventon – Truck Festival
29 Aug-1 Sept – UK – Larmer Tree Gardens, End of the Road Festival
8 Nov – UK – London – Heaven
