MarysGarden – Everything (2026)
Celebrating over twenty years in the music industry, UK-based group MarysGarden release their new album, Everything, where they bring everything they have and more to the fore. Brimming with the energy MarysGarden is known for, the album is a rip-roaring swirl through the realms of goth-rock. Described as an album of “epic proportions”, Everything nods to the likes of The Cranberries, Black Sabbath, Interpol, Manic Street Preachers and Wolf Alice; however, the punch of each track has a particular MarysGarden feel to it. Join us as we dive headfirst into the 12-track release.
Drawing together the talents of founding member Laima Bite, guitarist John Bosley, bassist Andrew Brown, drummer Hasson-Davis, keyboardist Robin Morris, and backing vocalist Pete Lock, Everything is a roller-coaster ride of insanity, peaking with tracks like ‘Gasoline’ and ‘Black Death Sister’ while hushing things in ‘Prophecy’. Interestingly, while each track takes a space on the roller-coaster, nothing is without its kinks and twirls; prepare yourself.
Opening with ‘Mary’s Garden’, you are gently welcomed with a shiver of drums and easy guitars, a plodding bass and keyboards fluttering beneath. It’s simple, chilled-out, gentle and leads you into the sonic forest with smiles – quite reminiscent of The Cranberries’ enigmatic indie-rock vibes. Interestingly, the melody stays calm while building into a haunting, kind of distorted haze, so you’re comfortable and in a soothing, although a little off-kilter, lull. The calm before the storm.
As the scale tips from ‘Mary’s Garden’ to ‘Holes In Space’, a brazen blast of guitars with bold bass hits you in the chest. Not overwhelming, as there is still a lingering hint of The Cranberries’ chilled-out charm; however, it still has a kick hinting at something readying for a crash. ‘Freefall’ enters with a slightly more pointed pulsating of drums and bass, upping the speed of Everything. What follows is the alternative rock ‘Gasoline’, pulsing hard-rock ‘Black Death Sister’, and classic rock ‘Original Sin’.
One of the things I enjoy about Everything is the duality. As I mentioned, it has speed to it, as if you are being grabbed by the hand to run across the soundscape. However, the tracks also exude a sense of sauntering in the musical scene. Urgency and angst exist as we hear in ‘Machine’, but even within the pent-up aggression, there is a peacefulness and serenity. Confident and bold, but with a slip of vulnerable fragility. Sophisticated and mature, but with an obscure naivety and wildness.
To choose a favourite track on Everything is no easy feat. If I have to choose, however, it would be the final song, ‘Sweet Disorder’. Perfectly named, ‘Sweet Disorder’ is a mishmash of absolute disorder, distortion and eclectic confusion. Of all the tracks, this is probably the most intriguing as it finds the strange line between disunity and cohesiveness, ending everything with the mind-twirling “wow”.
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