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About Me

Like a Frank Sinatra from hell, Nick Marsh, lead singer with 1980's alternative rock luminaries 'Flesh for Lulu', and currently the lead guitarist with the riotous gypsy swing ensemble 'The Urban Voodoo Machine', has re-emerged with this haunting and timeless solo album. A Universe Between Us, is a radical departure from his Stateside chart successes and offers an altogether more intimate, poignant and classic approach to song-writing.
To listen to the album is like pulling up a stall beside some beaten barfly loosened by liquor, contemplating life, love and loss. Like Charles Bukowski, Marsh is poetic without being florid; reflective without being maudlin; brittle and brutal whilst also deeply romantic.
The titles of the songs reveal Marsh's love affair with nostalgic Americana. The Femme Fatale with The Smokin' Gun struts through the roach-riddled lyrics following the Midnight Cowboy call of Destiny Angel, whilst Red Hot & Ready pulses like a flashing neon light on the crumbling wall of a cheap hotel. A Universe Between Us, evokes filmic visuals: images pass, ephemeral but indelible. If there were a modern musical equivalent of Edward Hopper, Marsh might be it.
His story-telling ability and lyrical dexterity can also be compared to Leonard Cohen, for behind the melancholic facade is a stoical, self-deprecating sense of humour that allows Marsh to openly admit his failings with a rare comic candour. Marsh's epic, emotive voice which belted out hits with Flesh for Lulu such as 'I Go Crazy', 'Postcards From Paradise', and 'Subterraneans' has continued to grow in maturity and breadth.
A Universe Between Us is the result of Marsh's shift from old skool rock traditions, the consolidation of a broad sweep of influences absorbed over the last decade and an inspired collaboration with first time producer Katharine Blake. Blake, the founder of the No.1 selling classical act Mediaeval Baebes and avant garde/gothic band Miranda Sex Garden, provides the lithe and luxurious strings and additional vocals, whilst other guest performers include: Ray Hanson (Thee Hypnotics), Mike Servant (Miranda Sex Garden), Vince Johnson (Daisy Chainsaw), David Ryder-Prangely (Rachel Stamp), David Francolini (Levitation, Dark Star) and Matt Fisher (The Servant) to name but a few.
Marsh may have "the bus fare to nowhere" but along with Babylonian whores and shape-shifting aliens, he takes us on a seductive, sensational road trip of the heart.

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Member Since: 2/9/2006
Band Website: nickmarsh.info
Influences: Miles Davies"sketches of Spain"Katharine Blake;"Midnight Flower",Arvo Part;"fratres"Beck"Mutations"its too damn tedious and lifes too short for listing album titles,so;Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Scott Walker,Hank Williams,Rockabilly,Leonard Cohen,70's Bowie,Stooges,Velvet Underground,Scott Walker,Marc Bolan,Jimi Hendrix,Dylan,Calexico,Espers and various other contemporary hippie type stuff,Nick Drake,OP8,Serge Gainsburg,Nina Simone,Ennio Morricone,Ramones,Captain Beefheart,Gun Club,Bad Seeds,THE BLUES,BABY,it all comes back to the blues...
Sounds Like: A miriad of wildly contrasting musical and lyrical referance points,transcending conventional definition...
Record Label: This could be handy right about now
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Glastonbury

GLASTONBURY,OH NO,NOT AGAIN!yes i swore after last years mud-fest with The Urban Voodoo Machine i would never return to this god forsaken trudge-athon and subject myself to such agonizing tedium.yet s...
Posted by Nick Marsh on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:44:00 PST

Skint-Jet-set Existenz

Seems like theres never a day i’m not planning another trip abroad on some musical adventure or another;last week i was out in the states with The Urban Voodoo Machine opening up for The Pogues(...
Posted by Nick Marsh on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:49:00 PST

t.v thing

i still have'nt seen this reality show thing featuring myself and Rocco,but it sounds like R's doing it nice with vomit,unconiousness and general buffoonery instead of your regular yuppie "place in th...
Posted by Nick Marsh on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:27:00 PST

a vision of hell

no more endless trudging around glastonbury and other such slimey carnies purrr mwaa,oh no,aam gonna pertition the systematic paving over of such events,aam gonna implement an immediate embargo on suc...
Posted by Nick Marsh on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:25:00 PST

A place in Spain

Yes,this friday 8pm,channel 4 you can witness for yourselves the "reality tv"show starring my bezzy mate,Rocco from Flesh For Lulu.It's about him and Dawn Buckler buying a place together near Barcelon...
Posted by Nick Marsh on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:19:00 PST

Katharine Blake's record

Just been putting the finishing touches on Kat's solo debut record and i am happy to announce that you can now preview the friut of our labours@ her myspace page.fun and games...come and see us + the ...
Posted by Nick Marsh on Fri, 11 May 2007 04:17:00 PST

Epic Soundscapes

The further i become removed from any mainstream music industry concerns,the more i feel un-shackled by creative conventions.cyber space is a great listener,as are the birds and the foxes in my back y...
Posted by Nick Marsh on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:00:00 PST

Gypsy Hotel,Sat 27th jan

This is going to be an amazing night with an extraordinary array of talent,including myself and Katharine Blake(unless she has already given birth) brother Jim Jones and his soul punk revue and some c...
Posted by Nick Marsh on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:15:00 PST

LAST TRAIN TO WHEREVER

Took the last train to wherever now i've been here a week or so i've been places you dont wanna know through the tunnel down the line say,brother,pour that wine on the last train to wherever,with what...
Posted by Nick Marsh on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:53:00 PST

Impending dad-rock status

8 weeks to go,douch-bags!gonna be a gone rockin daddy and who'd have thought it....been busy working on new songs even though it sometimes feels like pissing up a rope,you know?various shady deals are...
Posted by Nick Marsh on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 01:12:00 PST