Marsicans: "There's nothing more fun than being in a band with your mates"

Marsicans have always felt like a band poised to capture that indescribable feeling of youthful summer days running between your mates' houses and the park, cheeky drinks and late-nights, and festival weekends where the last day arrives too soon. It comes easily because they were those teenagers, doing all of that and more. "I guess it's what this is all about," smiles frontman James Newbigging. "You want to be that band that you went to stand in front of years before. That feeds into everything you do."

Recognised as a go-to band grafting away with shows and releases whenever possible, the fact it's taken this long to release their debut album 'Ursa Major' is a sign of an unwavering determination to get this right. Of finding the right moment to make that opening full-body statement of intent. "To us, it feels so right at this moment," confirms James. "We could have released our debut album a few years ago, but we didn't want to. We didn't want to rush into it. We wanted to release it on our terms. We've seen bands release debut albums way too early, we just had to wait for the right time.