Big Marty "Against Urban 4x4's" Review

[household_rob]

Last night was the launch of BiG Marty'a debut album. It was held at the forest cafe in edinburgh, whichis a place where a bunch of tree huggers like marty hang out and expect everything in life to be free. it was a great launch party. although this was marty's first 'out the bedroom' gig and many were sceptical, it proved a great success. he managed to keep it real by getting his producer laurence george in to do the sound and inviting me. alcohol was involved so marty's banter was more hilarious than it has ever been. it was a great atmoshphere. supporting he had edinburgh pal 'occasional flickers' who played nice twee indie pop and 'andrew can't' who is the singer from glasgow band Gdansk rocking his electronic/guitar anthems.


as i said, big marty was really on form tonight. everyone was loving it for all the reasons you're supposed to love big marty. he's adorable. he played alot of his new stuff and a few hits but the setlist was cut short when the cops came to shut big marty down because his lyrics were too politically controversial. he continued to play but THE MAN got to him by cutting off various pieces of equipment that he needed. it was an honourable finish to any punk rock gig anyway. here's some photos of the man in action.


i think this goes some of the way to summing up how good the performance was.


after the show we tried to get in to shag tag but we were too ugly so we went to some of marty's regular drinking haunts.

marty even displayed heroics when saving lauren from a couple of dirty perverts. he's turning in to quite a fine young man.

all in all a great night and he released a great album too! only £2 and you get like 18 tracks and colour artwork!!! he's gone all out. some of the tracks are absolutely brilliant. I think marty manages to bring out alot of his darker side and also alot of his emo side. there's still plenty of comedy and plenty of banging beats. the beats are noticably better than ever on the album. there's some nice sh!t in there. anywya, if you can get your hands on it, definitely buy the album. big marty is still on fire.

if you want to see more photos fromt he night and all those photos in full size then please invade my privacy and visit www.flickr.com/photos/rlouisalexander

[household_rob]

okay. since it appears no-one on this forum has a soul anymore, i'm just going to continue the conversation myself. been listening to the album alot in the flat and everyone's getting in to it alot, namely dunkie and waldo. is there a lauren backing vocal on the song about being a fresher? we can't quite decide 100%. ahhh, one of the songs toweards the end has the most awesome keyboard bit on it too. i really should have the CD on so i can be a bit more precise but my xcurrent computer is too nuts for it really. you know the one i mean. it's a a dark song. oh maybe it's the the one about the murderers loving the murd so they murder all of thre drummers and there being nothing left but murd so everyone has to listen to murd. that song's a beast. yeah, just came in my head, that's the keyboard line. that's amazing. and the one that has the electronic emo breakdown/chorus is also rather special.

if i had to pick a least favourite i'd say it's probably the one that gets really loud at the end. the one about downloading?

all in all it's a brilliant album though,. you should send it off to like IS this music?/The sKinny and places like that. send it to vic galloway too. maybe even jim gellatley. seriously, some of the songs would sound awesome on the radio.

[BigMarty]

hello rob. thanks for a fantastic review. i have sent the link to the review to many people so that they can appreciate it. the pictures are brilliant, they tell the whole story.
there is a girl called lauren that sings on the album, but it is not the lauren that we know and love. its a girl called lauren knox, a vocalist on my course, who sings in a very sweet way on strawberry milk. she was a fresher too. she shared my pain.
i think the song, "whats on martys walkman?", is the straw that broke the camels back on thursday night, cause the shouting was a bit too loud during that one. it was the song the set ended on, which woulda been a good end, but not the end i had in mind. there was a really good section in fiat tipo (which was meant to be the last song) where mean things were to be said about head boys, cars and alcohol, but it never came to fruition...
i am pleased you like the album. people are enjoying "marty examines his personality", but perving on yr basslines seems to be a favourite too..

if anyone reads this and wants a copy of the record, let me know

[Tutin]

I find Big Marty rather shallow and pedantic. He demeans everything righteous about music. I can only liken him and his travesty of a release to the works of little trees.

Peace out.

[BigMarty]

shut it tutin.
shallow like a fecking olympic diving pool. big m has a big heart
you haven't heard it anyway.
and trees need brashing. it is a simple fact. when you go for a walk in the woods and you see a tree that is killing all the others around it cause it is a bit bigger and brawnier, surely you think "that tree is a bully and needs a good brashing"? rob knows this too, he was just trying to cover his own arse when he posted that picture of me. i stand true in my convictions, and that makes me twice the man that he is.

incidentally, this is the first post of spring, so surely that fills some kind of beautiful tradition.

p.s i admit to pedantic..

[Tutin]

My previous post was a joke Martay. And the little trees were a girl group who released their single "Little yellow fish in the deep blue sea" back in the day of 2001. Now buy me a shrubbery.

[BigMarty]

oh.
sorry tutin.
i did think you were joking, but i was feeling hurt at all these tree related slaggings. and i was joking too...
promise.
the little trees sound awesome. did you make them up or are they real? i thought they were the car air fresheners...

[Tutin]

No I'm pretty sure they are real.

It's okay Marty, all is forgiven.

I was shocked that TITB weren't invited to play at this gig. For this you are not forgiven.