This was followed by additional singles "omg" and "it never ends. After collaborating with Roman Kouder on "Bonjour," they released "oOo that's my type" with Yung Baby Tate in 2021. Baby turn around Mind if I sit down Everything you pray for, Everything you play for me I la la la la love it I la la la la love it I la la la la love it, love it, love it love You got a sexy sound you want another round I like the way you play boy Tell me why you play boy Does it make you feel Like nothing else is real I like the way you play boy Show me why you play boy I la la la la love it. The song appeared on Marian Hill's self-released 2020 EP Was It Not. August 2019 saw the duo issue the single "Take a Number," which featured a guest spot from Moroccan-American singer, songwriter, model, and activist Dounia. albums chart as well as charting in France. Marian Hill's second long-player, Unusual, arrived in May 2018 and returned them to the U.S. Early 2018 saw the release of the punchy single "Subtle Thing," followed by an appearance at that year's Coachella Festival. Their remix of Billie Eilish's single "Bellyache" appeared in 2017. In 2016, the duo issued their full-length debut album, Act One, featuring the number 21 single "Down." The LP reached number 42 on the Billboard 200. The song created a buzz, and the following year, the duo released their first EP, Play, as well as a 7" single, "Lips." They received mainstream exposure when Romanian pop star Inna credited them as co-writers of her song "Diggy Down," which incorporated the hook of Marian Hill's "Got It." The pair signed to Photo Finish/Republic Records in early 2015 and released Sway, a seven-track EP. Marian Hill wrote "Whisky" in the spring of 2013 and sent it to dozens of blogs hoping to catch some attention.
After releasing their debut single, "Whisky," in 2013, the pair made their Billboard debut with their first full-length release, 2016's Act One, which included the Top 30 single "Down." Second album Unusual followed in 2018, and the duo continued issuing singles like 2021's seductive "omg" and danceable "it never ends." Their unique sound combines sparse, minimal electronic beats with seductive vocals (which are often chopped up and manipulated) along with sultry saxophone. Marian Hill: / Didnt even really wanna go / But if you get me out, you get a show / Theres so many. And it’s only the beginning.Marian Hill are a duo from Philadelphia consisting of singer Samantha Gongol and producer Jeremy Lloyd. You’ve never heard this before, yet it’s surprisingly familiar. Marian Hill’s one of a kind sound is present throughout - blues harmonies blend with sparse hip hop drums, horns blast under classic vocal melodies, and soloistic vocal chops sit side by side with clear, intimate lyrics. “Same Thing” is the saddest part of the album, a haunting ballad depicting serene resignation of a doomed relationship, but castanets rise from the ashes as “I Want You” closes out the night in a pure moment of optimistic electricity, a glance across a crowded room that changes everything. “I Know Why” constantly transforms and reinvents itself as the vocals grapple with a secret while “Mistaken” is the hardest of sax trap with a classic songwriting backbone. Act One then takes you on a journey through the complexities of modern relationships, with each song inhabiting a specific and charged relationship lyrically, melodically, and sonically. They signed to Republic Records in early 2015, released the Sway EP, and settled in to write and record their debut album over the course of the following year with a plan to push their unique sound to its fullest potential.įor the first 50 seconds of “Down” you might think you’re at a supper club in the 1920s, but when the bass drops out of nowhere you couldn’t be anywhere but 2016.
When they released it for free on Soundcloud later that summer it was the only song they’d written for the project, and in a little over a year’s time they had recorded their first EP in a bedroom, amassed millions of plays on various platforms, sold out shows across the country and featured in high profile commercials. Two years ago Sam and Jeremy wrote and recorded “Whisky” over spring break in Jeremy’s parents’ basement. Tempting paradox with a blend of blues and bass, acoustic and digital, classic and modern, Marian Hill have arrived. Would you like to clear those songs and play a Radio Station Cancel. Down (Live From 9:30 Club) by Marian Hill. The multi-talented duo, who have been collaborating in one form or another since high school, have shifted the classic paradigm of a woman on a stage and a man with a piano to a woman on a mic and a man with a laptop - and the results are seductive and vivid. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images on MusicEngine. “oOo (that’s my type)” and “omg” out America, Asia, One, the debut full-length from songwriting duo Marian Hill, was written and produced in its entirety by Jeremy Lloyd (music/lyrics/production) and Samantha Gongol (music/lyrics/vocals).