Deep Dive: MRCH – Wild

With their TV Bliss EP just fresh on the net, we caught up with Arizona-based duo MRCH. They talked to us in depth about featured track Wild, a song that sees their lo-fi sound take an expansive and highly enjoyable diversion. The accompanying video for the shoegaze-infused soft banger was filmed at Arizona’s futurist sustainable city, Arcosanti.

Genesis of Wild

Wild was one of those ‘sitting on my bed with an acoustic guitar’ songs. We write a lot from jam sessions and a synth, so a little bit of a departure from the norm. So, the idea was there. Then we just built it out with all the textures we thought resembled the emotion of the song.

Lyrical inspiration

There’s a short interlude into the first chorus, “We’re not mad at all/ turns out the fall/ is giving us flight.” The lyrics are all about living in the present and seeing the down moments as a potential moment for something good to happen. “It’s all so uncertain/ I know it sounds trite/ but there’s no such moment/ where everything will be just right” Most of our lives reside in the unknown… Wild is a gentle reminder that we have to be able to live in the unknown.

Instrumentation and recording

Probably the most shoegaze-y of our songs. Ultra-verbed and layered guitars, swirling with synths in an ethereal wall of noise. Giant drums. Kind of lullaby-esque vocals. Driving but soft. We tracked the final version at Old Hat Analogue in Tempe with our Buddy Josh. He really helped us get that big, alive, sound we wanted.

Where does Wild fit in your body of work?

Our sound is a bit wide reaching. But Wild captured some of our favorite tones to date. We learned a lot about what we like as far as textures… and some better techniques… think we’ll really be able to take those lessons with us going into the next songs we write.

What is up next for MRCH?

We’re releasing our first vinyl! We have a show to celebrate its release on Saturday Nov 4th in Phoenix. We’re also in the middle of writing another record. (TV Bliss was written almost 2 yrs ago already now) …?! Hard to believe.

It was a bit of a slow process getting it all finished and finally out. We wanna cut the time down between these new songs being written and released. Not that there’s anything wrong with taking your time! We’re just really excited about the new tracks we’ve been working on.

Wild and TV Bliss are out now and can also be heard on Deezer, Spotify and Apple Music. Catch up with MRCH on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram to learn more about the duo behind the music and news on upcoming live dates.