The Scottish all-girl duo The Marches are back, armed with a double A-side release of their new track “November”—pressed rightfully on limited edition vinyl, because some things really do deserve a physical form you can brag about to whoever happens to be in its vicinity.
Hailing from Paisley and Irvine, the group have been carving out their own corner of Scotland’s music scene since 2024, quickly graduating from “ones to watch” to “ones everyone is talking about anyway.” They’ve already ticked Belladrum and Pavilion Festival off their list, had their debut single spun on BBC Radio Scotland, headlined King Tut’s, and sold out SWG3’s Poetry Club.
Their new track “November” is about a relationship coming to an end, touching on the asymmetry of parting ways and the sting that comes with it. Closure isn’t promised, but this track hands it to you in a way. It lets you feel these rather… unsavoury feelings, holds your hand and watches you, frankly, completely lose the plot for a second, but it doesn’t judge you.
“Don’t Fool Me Twice”, on the other hand, solidifies the ending of that sorry state of affairs with an air of “right, enough is enough”. It is the post-breakup phase on crack. Its moving on, its reinvention and this release is actually perfect timing, because we are making 2026 our bitch. Aside from the “buy yourselves flowers and write your names in the sand”, it’s about growing, taking leaps forward and altogether; being better off. (I’m on SNL and you’re not!) It’s such an exciting prequel to what these four are bringing to Scotland’s music scene in the next year, and I for one can’t wait to see where their buckets of talent take them.
Overall, I think The Marches have always done an absolutely stunning job of all their work; the songwriting, their way of presenting their art and their knack for taking and stitching inspiration into their music. They flaunt their ability to use influences in their music from wildly differing genres, from older, classic-ish rock to much more recent pop, and manage to make it seamless every time, almost to the point where you forget they’re entirely different kinds of music which are also generations apart. Lucky for everyone in and around Glasgow, they will be bringing their sound to Nice and Sleazy on the 6th of December.