Marmozets: “Every little thing that we do has to be to the best of our ability”

When Marmozets kicked and screamed their way into the limelight, tearing their way through the British rock scene a handful of years ago, they had an average age of just sixteen and were met with wide-eyed awe. Their sets were carnage, their energy was unharnessed and the focal point of it all, vocalist Becca MacIntyre’s vocals were ferocious. Three years on, the two sets of siblings – MacIntyre is joined by her two brothers Sam and Josh, alongside Jack and Will Bottomley – may be a little bit older, but they’re that much wiser too.

“It’s out there for life…” begins Becca, during downtime on their most recent video shoot. The five-piece thought it right to take their time, perfecting their debut ‘The Weird And Wonderful Marmozets’, rather than rushing out a release that wouldn’t fully do them justice. “It’s our baby,” she continues. “Sometimes you over think things, but I’m glad we took our time with it.”

They’re also a band with a vision. “Half of the process has been because of the artwork and getting that right,” she explains, “and then the name, and all these other things. The whole mixing process was an absolute shambles: we had to go through quite a few different people until we were happy. That’s why it’s been such a long wait. People probably think we’re just really slow writers, but no, we had the album there. It was just a matter of getting it perfect.”

“Every little thing that we do has to be to the best of our ability,” adds guitarist Sam, before his sister concludes. “That’s what we work hard for.”

And have no doubt: this quintet are not your typical heavy band. Whilst maintaining that energy and aggression they’ve perfected, the McIntyre siblings don’t want to channel that anger into their lyrics too. “I think,” Becca offers, “especially on this album, with the lyrics that me and Sam write, they’re quite positive. We like to be quite positive and then, because there’s a lot of aggressiveness, it’s almost like trying to get a point across and getting people to just listen, to believe we’ve written good things and maybe to help people.

“It’s one of those things, when someone listens to a song, or sees something that they like, they put inside of them. They make it a part of their own journey in life, and I hope people can relate to it. This is our first album and we want it to be right, we want to feel good! We feel so good about the album and we just want to get it out there now.”