Beatowls

From a warehouse by the river, an exquisite, meticulously built and finely fractured sound guides an introspective and thought-provoking journey through Marma, the Liverpool collective’s captivating debut album.

Beatowls' music melds scratched percussion, dewdrop melodies and a sense of haunting beauty, caught between dreams and reality, and industry and nature.

   This band's journey begins with a shared passion, travels through this collection of songs, and reaches towards a future filled with creative exploration.

   Their sound, inspired by the urban-industrial mood of the city, weaves evocative, cinematic tones into their compositions - a meticulous pursuit of fractured perfection.

   Darcie Chazen, Tom Roberts and Carl Cook move effortlessly between electronic precision and organic warmth, creating soundscapes that feel like abandoned industrial spaces reclaimed by wildflowers and vines.

   Reflecting influences from Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland’s DIY ethos, distorts The XX’s millennial longing with Portishead’s sinister vibes, and combines Nancy & Lee’s trippy idealism with the skewed romanticism of Badalamenti and Lynch, and the sounds of Broadcast and Warp Records.

   Their album Marma earned accolades for its atmospheric soundscapes and evocative lyricism. Marma marks not just a debut but the emergence of a distinctly Liverpudlian approach to music that carries the city's working-class heritage into uncharted territory.

   The band continually challenges themselves, reflecting both the hustle and busyness of Liverpool’s industrial backdrop and the introspective serenity of life.

Marma

Marma
I Pray
All I See Is Trouble
Nobody Knows Me
Twilight
Cinders
(Do You Want To Be) Loved
Please Lie To Me
Dreams of Home Invasion
Red Against The Twilight

Engineered, Produced and Mixed by Carl Cook
Mastering by Mike Cave, Loft Mastering
Design by Darcie Chazen and Kira Courtney
Photography by Mark McNulty

Released 17 November 2023

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I Pray


I dreamt I owned a part of you
I could hold
To feel
To have
Forever

When things are hard
I’d hold it true
If you knew
I know
I’d smile forever

So I pray
Both my hands as cold as glass
So I pray
My heart is beating still
So I pray
I need a love I know will last
So I pray
I still love you

There’s no sunrise in the morning
As I count the steps
From here to you
I can’t see you
Without warning
Though I swear to you
My love Is true

So I pray
Both my hands as cold as glass
So I pray
My heart is beating still
So I pray
I need a love I know will last
So I pray
I still love you

I still love you
I still love you

My sad child crying in the night
With your love there is light
My sad child crying in the night
With your love there is light

Please Lie To Me


When there’s trouble
I can hold your hand
And if you’re lost
I’ll lead you home
In your darkest moments
I can bring you light
I’ll never leave you all alone

The water flows uphill
There’s truth in a right hand
The voice will go with you
I see the footprints in the sand
I ache from an old tear
But I no longer care
I won’t live in fear

Please lie to me
Please lie to me
Please lie to me
Please lie to me

All I See Is Trouble


All I see is trouble…
All I see is pain
All I see is trouble…
All I see is pain

I never said that I would take you back
It’s just too far how much we’ve grown
Apart and everything outside the home
Now I need to be alone

I felt I had to hurt you
I was the one who was in pain
I needed to find something
To help me feel again

All I see is trouble…
All I see is pain

It’s not money or the things you say
It’s every day when I’m alone
With everything and everything inside my head
I had to break a happy home

I felt I had to hurt you
I was the one who was in pain
I needed to find something
To help me feel again

All I see is trouble…
All I see is pain

Selected Press Reviews

  • The electronic moodscapes that make up their debut album have been crafted with care, stripped of extraneous detail... A gorgeously bleak portrayal of modern loneliness

    UNCUT MAGAZINE

  • Beatowls offer an immersive experience that transcends traditional boundaries

    AMPLIFY THE NOISE

  • A glacier flow of scratched percussion, dewdrop melodies and beautified dread, caught between dreams and reality and industry and nature

    THE LIVERPUDLIAN

  • Blending elements of industrial and the natural world, Marma is a compelling journey that navigates the intricate interplay between dreams and reality

    AMPLIFY THE NOISE

  • Depression and bleakness aren't meant to be this spellbinding

    LIVE4EVER

  • This trio distils decades of musical evolution into a fresh yet unnerving package.

    FAR OUT MAGAZINE 4/5

  • Marma's widescreen approach to their music captures perfectly its inherent dichotomy of light and shade. A similar tension arises between the song's lyrical pain and its bruised tenacity

    GOD IS IN THE TV

  • Here's something that really shows off potential in a brand new musical act... With the track already drawing comparisons to something that 'distorts Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood's trippy idealism', for some listeners, this will be an instant love

    REAL GONE ROCKS

  • With Marma, Beatowls are poised to make an enduring impact on the electronic music landscape

    AMPLIFY THE NOISE

  • Something bewitching... a wonderful sense of heavy atmospherics mixed with an insistent energy

    CLASH MAGAZINE

  • Beatowls find a way through the darkness

    LIVE4EVER

  • Don't let yourself be fooled by their top-of-the-class sonic appearance, Beatowls is not trying to become the next London Grammar, the group is much more mischievous

    LE DRONE 10/10

  • Marma perfectly captures an exploration of the human experience, inviting listeners to connect with the transient nature of time, the dance of light and shadow, and the convergence of urban life with the natural world

    AMPLIFY THE NOISE

  • Elaborate ambient needlework punctures the taut surface tension separating introspection/eccentricity, pain/joy and light/shade

    THE LIVERPUDLIAN