2/5/09

FREE MP3: Mick Bassett & The Marthas "Give You The City"

SCISSORS AND SUCKERS
MICK BASSETT AND THE MARTHAS RELEASE 2nd EP

After spending 2008 touring, playing regionally and writing, Mick Bassett and the Marthas finally release their 2nd EP Scissors and Suckers on February 21st via Sleek Speek Records, following up 2008's Here's the Whirlwind EP. Scissors and Suckers contains 7 tracks including 6 new songs while also containg the previously released 7" vinyl on Cass Records, "Bird on the Line," for the first time on CD. Scissors and Suckers will be the first release of 2009 for Mick Bassett and the Marthas, prefacing a likely late spring full length release.

Produced by Mick Bassett and Erik Roosen at Detroit Hollywood Studios in Commerce Michigan, Scissors and Suckers ranges from the title track full band rocker, "Scissors and Suckers," to the unaccompanied piano of "Don't You Miss My Ghost?" From the anthemic "Give You the City," to the acoustic closer, "You're My Chaos," with much more in between.

Scissors and Suckers will mark Sleek Speek Records' third release while also preparing for releases from the Satin Peaches and JSB Squad in early 2009.

Mick Bassett and the Marthas will officially make Scissors and Suckers available on February 21st, 2009 at the Magic Bag in Ferndale with local Detroit band Back in Spades.

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