WEST Yorkshire five-piece Marmozets play Southampton's Engine Rooms on Saturday (February 3).

It’s been three years since Marmozets first broke through with their debut album, but the reaction to the first track to be taken from their second album, ‘Play’ feels as if they’d never been away.

‘Play’ was premiered as Daniel P Carter’s Rockest Record and then received the almost unheard of accolade of also being chosen as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record too. And the attention kept on coming: Scott Mills and Annie Mac both named ‘Play’ as their Tune of the Week before it was subsequently playlisted at Radio 1.

Now Marmozets add to their growing momentum as their long-awaited second album ‘Knowing What You Know Now’ was released this week. Recorded with the legendary producer Gil Norton (Foo Fighters, Pixies), it’s the band’s most ambitious and accomplished offering to date.

They shared another taster of the album in the shape of the new track ‘Habits’. It’s a danceable riff-fest which sees Becca adopt a dreamy, soaring vocal style – and is, explains Sam, “about certain people having certain habits that aren’t good, and getting very carried away.”

While ‘Play’, the pounding ‘New Religion’, the pulse-quickening ‘Major System Error’ and the spiky ‘Lost In Translation’ find Marmozets’ embracing a new intensity within their controlled chaos, the band have the courage to explore fresh territory too.

A stark and sombre standout is ‘Me & You’ – its sparse arrangement befitting the raw sentiment of the song. It was inspired by the death of the MacIntyres’ beloved grandmother, who was always an enthusiastic supporter of the band. Another departure comes with ‘Run With The Rhythm’, an epic head rush of a track that was chosen to close the album because of its message of encouragement.

“We created the album for ourselves,” says rhythm guitarist Sam MacIntyre. “It’s not that we don’t care about our fans – we absolutely love them – but the reason they like what we do is because of the way we are.”

Vocalist Becca MacIntyre adds, “We don’t do things because they’re cool; we do them because they feel right”

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