Meet The Martellos

You might be at home thinking quietly to yourself: ‘Know what? I am missing some nice wee harmonies, guitars and lyrical content from a male fronted indie group.’ We realise that this is a pretty specific thought, but a thought none the less. We also happen to have the answer to meet your demands, this answer comes in the form of Edinburgh three piece The Martellos.

In keeping with our running theme of bands which feature members with nice hair, please see above ^^^. 

Funnily enough, our theme of bands with nice tunes is also still running; listen to some HERE for yourselves. Unlike most Edinburgh artists out there, they appear to have zero band creation info/potted history/general music opinions written anywhere which makes our job slightly harder but to keep the biography fans happy here is the Feed the Fish story of The Martellos...

Once upon a time three lads met at school/college/uni/The Hive (delete as appropriate – or to your preference, this is a chance to create your very own Martellos story, readers.) They bonded over their shared love of skiving/boy-racing/Jeremy Kyle/£1 vodkas and decided to swap numbers/bebo usernames/e-mails/spit and form a band. Following many massive decisions such as does Martello have one or two L’s and who looks best playing an acoustic guitar the boys then got round to getting some songs written, performed and recorded. ‘Hey guys! One of the boys said, we should maybe get ourselves out there on the internet, it is important we reach as many people as possible.’ And so, their online presence was born: Reverb Nation/Facebook/Unsigned.com. This enabled them to upload their music for the entire world to hear and meant they could play gigs to serenade the ladies.

That ^^ ladies and gentlemen is what happens when all we have to go on is ‘started in late 2011’.

Aside from the fact they’re from Edinburgh and sound a bit like The Kooks, each member also has an incredibly Scottish sounding name, which when we become independent we are sure THIS MAN will appreciate. Anyway, if you have ever been a keen fan of Paolo Nutini, The Kooks or Razorlight and did what we told you (listened to the music on the link provided.) then you should be enjoying ménage a trio of tracks at the moment. Considering their recent birth, they are currently doing pretty well music scene wise – a Fresh Air feature, over 400 Facebook fans (and counting) and persistent PR; we reckon they’ll do alright.