Something good will happen

Anyone who googles curiously on 'MarthaGunn wiki' first gets a lesson in 18th century history. Martha Gunn (1726-1815) was perhaps England's most famous 'dipper' at the time; someone who pushed a kind of mobile changing room in and out of the water. In her hometown Brighton not only a pub and a bus are named after this undoubtedly big and strong woman, but for some time also a pop group. After an… EP and some singles, the five-piece band, with singer/keyboardist Abi Woodman as their strongest asset, is now ready for a full-blown debut album. Something Good Will Happen is sometimes reminiscent of London Grammar (as in the thin Lost In The Moment), but much more often of Haim at the time of their debut album. In catchy songs like Undone, Caught Up And Confused and It's Over we hear the same mix of 70s rock, pop and R&B as on Days Are Gone. At the time, this mix was still quite new - according to the BBC it was even 'the sound of 2013' - but eight years later, MarthaGunn regularly presents it in a slightly dated way. (RME)more