ODD MARSHALL – “HOLD ME TOGETHER”
A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE
Singer-songwriter Odd Marshall’s breakup ballad “Hold Me Together” is a desperate plea when you know you’re the problem in a nosediving relationship. There’s frustration and regret in Odd Marshall’s vocals. It’s more of an admission of guilt than an overt apology. “I wrote it towards the end of my time in England,” says Odd Marshall. “It’s an amalgamation of failed relationships from my time in London.”
Odd Marshall’s sophomore album Seconds (out Mar. 6) mixes elements of alternative, folk-rock and Americana with the help of Blind Melon guitarists Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn (who also produced and mixed the album), Foo Fighters keyboardist Rami Jaffee and Mathias Schneeberger of The Afghan Whigs on clavinet. Seconds feels like a neon-lit night spent drifting between desert dive bars and dreamscapes, where Odd Marshall’s revolutionary spirit could just as easily take us to the next great party or burn it all down.
“This is the first project that Christopher and Rogers have played on outside of Blind Melon, which is significant,” says Odd Marshall.” I chose these songs, written over a great period of time, to allow these guys to shine.”
Seconds utilizes the legendary Thorn and Stevens articulate guitar phrasing as instruments in conversation with one another. It has a driving energy and pounding drums that you can stomp your feet to. Its dark and aggressive lyrics confront anger, regret, revenge and disgust from different times in Odd Marshall’s life. From the teenage angst of “Outta Here,” to the looking back at the good ole days of “Wreck Your Life (For Rock ‘n’ Roll),” Seconds repackages ’90s rock into something modern. It has a lineage to ’70s songsmiths like Neil Young and Van Morrison, grunge classics like Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy and Nirvana Unplugged, and the high-energy interlocking guitars of contemporary bands like Geese and Wednesday.
ARTIST QUOTE
“This song was written in my 20s. I was living in London. I was in a number of relationships in quick succession and realized I was the problem. It’s an overwhelming city and it’s hard to make genuine connections. At one point I realized I was the reason these relationships weren’t working. I was very unfocused, chasing the wrong things in relationships and …life in general. Only in hindsight can you realize what you should’ve done, how you should’ve acted. It never feels consequential until years later when you reevaluate your behaviour—unintention, oblivious, impatient. This is life, I suppose. Live and learn. There’s more than one that got away. I like playing this one live. Before playing it, I say, ‘My ex-girlfriend is here tonight. I wrote this one for her. But, sadly, it didn’t help.’ It’s hilarious to see people’s heads turn looking for this mysterious ex.”
Odd Marshall
Seconds
(Independent)
Release Date: March 6, 2026
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