Marsicans are an emerging indie band from Leeds whose driving, harmony-laden sound is quickly gaining notoriety alongside their reputation for exciting live shows.
The quartet’s current line-up, three schoolmates and a friend from Leeds’ music scene, started sampling old synths, distorting guitars and writing songs together in 2014. In the last 12 months, Marsicans have supported Minnesota’s Hippo Campus on tour in the UK, sold out their own headline dates, played their first European shows and saw their debut performance at Glastonbury included in the BBC’s festival highlights reel.
After being showcased by BBC Introducing’s Huw Stephens, Marsicans’ latest single Friends was tipped by Coldplay on Twitter, leading to an unexpected spike of 30,000 Youtube views within a couple of hours! It’s since received further support from Radio 1, 6Music and Radio X as well as featuring on ‘Hot New Bands’ and other influential Spotify playlists in the UK, Europe and Japan.
Marsicans join Natives on a 17-date UK tour in May and June with further releases on LAB Records planned for 2017.
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