Maruja announce their debut album Pain to Power, will drop via Music For Nations on September 12th. The LP was produced by Samuel W Jones, who the band worked with on their three EPs to date. The first taste of the album is new single ‘Look Down On Us’, a furious cry against the impact of late-stage capitalism and the wealth of the one percent on global society. This is protest music at its most potent. Thought-provoking, unifying and intensely cathartic, it places the band in the great canon of artists using their art to propel change. Speaking about the single, frontman Harry Wilkinson says

“Look Down On Us is a reflection of the times we live in. The first half of the song paints a grotesque and vivid picture of the super wealthy, and the impact they have on our culture. The second half is about the need to come together in solidarity and embrace love as a wider community, especially in times of oppression. The song ends full circle, arching back to where it began as a reminder to the listener of the struggle from which it came, and the struggle that still remains.”

The single is accompanied by a ten minute video, which starts with the band performing against a backdrop of vivid, expressive brushstrokes, taken from ‘Pain to Power’s’ artwork by Mikey Thomas before segueing into a section of contemporary dance as the single reaches its midsection of calmer, transcendent jazz.

Maruja believe passionately in the ability of art to empower, heal and unite and has created a body of work with ‘Pain to Power’ that they hope will offer strength and knowledge to the listener. The band includes Harry Wilkinson (vocals/guitar), Joseph Carroll (sax), Matt Buonaccorsi (bass) and Jacob Hayes (drums)

Maruja 2025 Tour Dates

MAY
16th The Great Escape, BRIGHTON
23rd Conpass, OSAKA
24th Club Que, TOKYO
27th YUE Space, BEIJING
28th VAS Livehouse, SHANGHAI
29th 9 Club, HANGZHOU
31st VOX Livehouse, WUHAN

JUNE
1st B10 Live, GUANGZHAN
2nd OMNI Space, BEIJING
8th Lycabettus Hill Theatre, ATHENS (supporting TV on the Radio)
11th Rock For People Festival, CZECH REPUBLIC
12th Ecosystemic Festival, LATVIA
14th Outbreak Festival, MANCHESTER

JULY
11th Pohoda Festival, SLOVAKIA
20th TvSpenta festival, ITALY
26th Deer Shed Festival, YORKSHIRE

AUGUST
7th Ypsigrock Festival, ITALY
8th Haldern Pop Festival, GERMANY
9th Winterthurer Musikfestwochen, SWITZERLAND
14th Paredes de Coura festival, PORTUGAL
16th Lowlands Festival, NETHERLANDS
17th Pukkelpop Festival, BELGIUM
21st Canela Party, SPAIN
23rd Shambala Festival, UK

SEPTEMBER
22nd Foundry, PHILADELPHIA
23rd Sinclair, BOSTON
25th Elsewhere, BROOKLYN
27th Concert Hall, TORONTO
28th Thalia Hall, CHICAGO

OCTOBER
1st El Rey, LOS ANGELES
2nd Constellation Room, SANTA ANA
3rd Independent, SAN FRANCISCO
4th Harlows Startlet Room, SACRAMENTO
25th Electric Bristol, BRISTOL
29th The Garage, GLASGOW
31st Whelan’s, DUBLIN

NOVEMBER
1st The Limelight 2, BELFAST
5th The Castle & Falcon, BIRMINGHAM
7th The Wardrobe, LEEDS
8th Rescue Rooms, NOTTINGHAM
12th CHALK, BRIGHTON
13th Electric Ballroom, LONDON
14th O2 Ritz, MANCHESTER
19th Botanique Orangerie, BRUSSELS
20th LUXOR, COLOGNE
21st Paradiso Tolhuistuin, AMSTERDAM
22nd Bahnhof Pauli, HAMBURG
26th Hole44, BERLIN
28th Bogen F, ZURICH
29th Santeria Toscana 31, MILAN

DECEMBER

3rd M.OU.CO., Porto
4th LAV, Lisbon
5th Copernico, MADRID
6th Sala Apolo, BARCELONA
10th Pannonica, NANTES
11th Le Tetris, LE HAVRE
12th Trabendo, PARIS

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Pre-order Pain To Power by Maruja HERE