Preparing the groundwork for his new album 'life & death etc', Martin Luke Brown releases the hazy slacker anthem 'dream state'. The track captures the quiet unravelling that happens when running away starts to feel like survival. An anthemic indie-soul retreat with swirling soundscapes, loose grooves and indolent guitar riffs.

"It’s all about the perils of avoidance!” Martin muses, “It’s about a time where I was literally running away from pain, both physically and mentally. In the context of the album, this song is the moment where the emotional drain begins to unblock, and the fog starts to clear, and it starts to become a big celebration of emotion rather than a turgid wallowing in repression."

The music video for ‘dream state’ was filmed against the lush backdrop of LA, reflecting the central lyric “somewhere in California wasting away”, as it drifts between green palm trees, fresh beaches and hazy West Coast sunsets. Shot during Martin’s first trip to properly connect with his new record label team, the setting became a natural extension of the track’s themes of emotional drift, longing and uncertainty.

'life & death etc' is released on September 18th and is an album filled with moments of fleeting conversations, hazy nights, emotional collisions, and the small moments that ultimately make up a life.
At its core, the forthcoming album is inspired by music made by people, for people. The songs are intended not simply to impress, but to resonate. “Its service orientated,”  Martin says. “I want to make music that serves people in some way.” 

The new music sees Martin expand on his signature indie-soul palette into richer and stronger territory, with janky yet tender soundscapes, subtle psych textures and cracked-out country, richly influenced by 60s and 70s classics.

Martin will embark on a UK tour at the end of the year. 
  
24 November Bristol Strange Brew
25 November Leicester Soundhouse
26 November Manchester YES
27 November Glasgow King Tuts
2 December London Scala