Next up for our festival warm up is Leeds quartet Marsicans! Since we last saw the boys in the picturesque town of Matlock on their UK tour, they have been very busy touring again, releasing their new single ‘Friends’ and prepare themselves to hit the festival season.
Read more into their year so far and what it was like to be plastered all over twitter by a certain someone…
Hi guys, great to catch up with you again, how has the last few months gone?
Lovely to chat to you guys again. It’s been a pretty hectic few months actually. We started the year playing across the Netherlands and in Paris which was amazing. When we got back we headed out on tour with Hippo Campus before putting a single out and setting back off on own headline tour, so it’s been a non-stop start to the year!
How does it feel to be playing at the 2nd CloseUp Festival this year in London?
We’re very excited to be a part of the lineup for the CloseUp Festival. Promoter Sam has looked after us many times now and is one of the good guys. There’s quite a few other bands we’re looking forward to seeing as well so it’ll be a nice day out for us all, and we do love a nice day out.
How do you please a crowd at a festival that may have never heard of you before?
We tend to run around on stage for 30 minutes as frantically as possible whilst trying to get the crowd as involved as possible. It’s always a fun challenge playing in front of a crowd with people who have no idea who you are though. It means you have to be more switched on to try and engage them as much as you can.
You have a huge support tour with Natives starting on May 9th, have you prepared your set?
We’re just about there with it. We like changing it around a bit to try and find the way the set flows best. There’ll be a couple of new tunes in there which are recorded but aren’t out yet, so it’s a good time to get to know some of our new material.
What was it like to have your latest track ‘Friends’ shared by Coldplay on Twitter?
It was one of the most surreal days I’ve ever had. I’ve been a fan of theirs since I was a kid so to open twitter and see Coldplay had mentioned us was crazy. Our phones didn’t stop all day, and it helped drive a lot more people to our page (and quite a lot of them liked it thankfully). It’s definitely something we’ll always remember!
Who else would you highly recommend to watch at CloseUp Festival?
I’m really looking forward to Model Aeroplanes, Kyko and Jerry Williams. All very different, but all serving up some tasty meals, and by “meals” I mean “songs”.
Finally, what is in store for Marsicans over the next few months?
Lots more touring and then some festivals, then touring again later in the year. Sprinkle some new music amongst all this and that’s our year.
Marsicans will be performing at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen on May 13th. Buy tickets via TicketWeb here and watch their video for ‘Friends’ below.
