After playing shows with the likes of CHVRCHES and Foster The People, Phoenix alternative duo MRCH get a new era underway as they share the new single ‘Stars Align’. The track previews their upcoming EP ‘TV Bliss’ which follows in the autumn and represents their first release under a new deal with The Vertex.
Operating at the convergence between driving, dynamic alt-rock and sleek synth-pop, ‘Stars Align’ is capped by the star quality of vocalist/guitarist Mickey Pangburn’s voice, which takes it to another level. It’s at once joyful, escapist and cathartic, but with a simmering dark undercurrent that provides an edgy, unsettling tone.
Mickey says, “You can’t control much more than how you respond to a situation. A lesson I’ve been learning. Stars Align is about still regaining a sense of agency in the midst of it all and not awaiting rescue”.
‘Stars Align’ is accompanied by its official video, which was directed by Mickey. Assembled via many long hours of meticulous green screening, it’s a performance video with an unusual artificial-meets-realistic aesthetic which feels like the surreal textures of Michel Gondry’s ‘The Science of Sleep’ filtered through the fractured fuzz of ’90s cable television.
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