Marble Sounds - The First Try

1.   Who are these hirsute hipsters?

Marble Sounds are a popular indie pop band from Belgium. The First Try (Jan’16) is the second single from Marble Sounds third album Tautou (Jan’16).

2. What kind of tune are Marble Sounds touting?

The First Try is a mellow, not slow, number with it's arms held wide open. The piano adds a little bounce until Gianni Marzo's unintrusive meloldic guitar lines takeover and strings lend loft to the chorus. Quiet middle of the road indie pop.

3. So who do Marble Sounds sound like?

The First Try vividly calls to mind Great Lake Swimmers' Zero In The City.

3 Voor 12 Tilburg compare Marble Sounds to Belle & Sebastian, Boy & Bear and a less commercial variation of Snow Patrol. Band singer Pieter Van Diesel said the band are most often compared to Sigur Rios and The Notwist.

4. So what is the good word from the press?

Not a dilly as far as The First Try goes. The reviews are out.

The new album Tautou has received a host of 3 out of 4 or 4 out of 5 star reviews. “Euphoric melancholy” say Enola, and “more epic climaxes in some stunning little songs that can fill a gap on Sunday.” De Morgen call Marble Sounds, “purveyors of super soft melacnholy pop” and Focus Knack thought the new long player has “elegant variations  of melancholy indie pop.” My Sound Escape were more loquacious, “folk and electro influences blend together with an indie-pop matrix, creating uplifting songs to accompany your travels, your readings, as well as and your afternoon’s naps.”

 5. So who are Marble Sounds influences?

The bands that give Marble Sounds their roll are Pinback, Eels and The Notwist say Song 365. Pieter Van Diesel said in an interview with Soft Concrete the band are influenced by Wheat, Pinback, Wilco, Death Cab For Cutie and Sigur Rios. In an interview with a Turkish blog he said Sufjan Stevens, Mina Tindle and Eefj De Visser are the sounds he is rocking right now.

6. Why should I give The First Try a first try?

The First Try is a slow burner that makes a break in the playlist from the overwhelmingly upbeat feel of so many indie tunes out there. Immediately likable but imminently lovable over time.

7. Do Marble Sounds have any more good un's?

The Time To Sleep is the most popular and has a more rock edge.

8. Any more good gossip to share about Marble Sounds?

The new album Tautou is named after French actress Audrey Tautou who western audiences will know from the movie Amelie.

The main music maker Pieter Van Diesel said he sought to create “music centered on a more cinematic atmosphere,”on the the album Tautou.

Pieter's favorite food is Thai, favorite color is green and the first movie he thought of was Back To The Future.

 “Here’s to another try
To move on to a different start
Ready for the rise
Ready for the second part”

Today’s double dip is from Delta Spirit and indie rock band from San Diego, California. From their fourth, and most successful to date, album Into The Wide (2014) is this song, Language of The Dead. Described as “a modern-day tent revival anthem” it is Americana indie rock gem with a classic drum and vocal breakdown.

“Fads of the 60's and the 19th century.
Leo Tolstoy and Robert E. Lee.
We got a war on in our duplicity,
suburban white blasphemy”