I have been, to paraphrase Brian Epstein, 'shouting Martin's name from the rooftops' for several years in a trial to bring his songs to the public attention.
It's immediately obvious from the first bars of 'Be That Man', the opening song from Martin's initial solo album, 'Where Have I Been All Your Life?', that here may be a talent that has simply waiting to burst forth. It fairly bristles with enthusiasm and rushes the listener along at a brisk rate, through a tale of everyday longing and wishes unfulfilled. Further songs on this and his subsequent albums only make sure Martin's gift as a composer. From the mighty 'My Clown Career', with it's dark, 'Kashmir' - like power and sense of foreboding, to the tongue-in-cheek jangle of 'Hemel Hempstead Boy', it is clear that here may be a songwriter of great ability. My 1st exposure to Martin's songs left me exhilarated and wanting to listen to more.
Martin Brown, UK songwriter and singer / musician, has released 3 solo albums on freelance labels during the last 3 years. On each of those albums, Martin plays all instruments and handles all vocal duties. People who have heard Martin's songs are stuffed with praise for them and have expressed astonishment that he has not nonetheless made a larger impression on the listening public. Jeff Giles, during a review of Martin's 1st two solo albums that appeared in the positioning 'Popdose', highly praised Martin's talents as a songwriter and musician and said that, in his opinion, Martin was writing songs that were the equal of anything Neil Finn (Crowded House) and Andy Partridge (XTC) had produced.
The aforementioned albums,'Where Have I Been All Your Life?' and 'Butterflies', released in 2006 and 2007 respectively were followed in 2008 by a third album, 'Diamonds'. Jeff also reviewed this album, citing it as 'presumably Martin's most complete and satisfying collection of songs thus way'.
A brief history of Martin's career:-
Martin, the only kid of musician folks, was born and raised in Hemel Hempstead near London and showed early promise as a guitarist and started his professional musical life throughout his teens. He spent many years throughout the first seventy's, touring with 'The Stroll Band' in Germany and Holland, later joining 'Born Free' back within the UK. Following this, Martin joined forces with drummer Keith Chapman, forming the band 'Spoils', who supported Paul Young and were a very popular band on the club and university circuit and later, Keith and Martin shaped 'The Sugar Glyders' together with bassist Paul Thomson. The Sugar Glyders were signed to the 'Lost Moment Records' label, releasing their first single, 'Revenge' in 1984 one among Martin's tunes and a record that's now considered a collectible classic. The band additionally contributed more tracks to a Lost Moment Records sampler album, 'Colors of The Bastard Art'.
Martin continued to record with Keith Chapman, overdubbing instruments and vocals and this led to his current operating methods. Additionally, Martin co-wrote 'Never Going to Take No For An Answer', with Ed Poole, a song later covered by Bonnie Tyler. He additionally wrote and recorded material with Russ Ballard, million-selling songwriter.
In 2008, he released his ode to the city, 'Hemel Hempstead Boy', included on his second album 'Butterflies'. This led to interviews on BBC radio plus live sessions. Martin conjointly won the BBC three Counties' 'Freelance Musician' competition, leading to additional radio work.
Martin is an ace guitarist, thankfully he shows admirable style, purely using his guitar work as an embellishment to his songs rather than smothering them in solos! The songs vary from Beatles / Crowded House acoustic songs, to way rockier edgy-sounding material. In a lot of recent work, Martin has even tried his hand at some dance-oriented material. All of this is all the a lot of bewildering when it's appreciated that he plays everything that is heard on all of his songs!
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