I wanted to introduce you to Manchester’s breathtakingly turbulent mystic jazz-punks Maruja. They have just announced two headline shows at Brixton’s Windmill (18th May) and Manchester’s YES Pink Room (19th May), and are about to release their debut EP ‘Knocknarea’ which features new track ‘Kakistocracy’. The EP arrives in two weeks, on Friday the 17th of March,

Championed already by the likes of indie giants NME and So Young Magazine, the band have seen radio coverage from BBC Radio 6 whilst amassing over 1 million streams, despite self-releasing all their material. It is at their live shows, however, that the full brunt of their menace can be felt. Having already performed at the likes of Left of the Dial Rotterdam and Manchester Psych Fest, as well as supporting Opus Kink, Talk Show, Honeyglaze, The Lounge Society, L.A. Witch and Enola Gay, Maruja are quickly rising to become a force to be reckoned with.

To give you a taste of their live energy, here’s a video of Maruja performing at the Low Four Studio: https://youtu.be/73-vueGhMJk