Durham indie punks Martha have released their new full length, Please Don’t Take Me Back, via Dirtnap Records in North America and Specialist Subject Records in Europe. While their previous album, 2019’s Love Keeps Kicking, saw them remaining defiant in a world that seemed to be breaking apart, their latest full length explores the scattered fragments of what followed and tries to make sense of how we navigate the smoking remains. Martha have become figureheads for the UK’s DIY scene by balancing their obvious talents with a clear set of ethics, anti-capitalist, first and foremost, and an open-hearted warmth that’s often absent from the foreground of punk rock. Please Don’t Take Me Back is the most life affirming addition to Martha’s discography yet...