Hollow Chapters

Description

An album with reflection, resilience, journey, and elemental connections at its core,
Hollow Chapters is a collection of original songs written and performed by the Marsh
Family – Dad (Ben, 49), Mum (Danielle, 48), sons Alfie (19) and Tom (18), and
daughters Ella (16) and Tess (14). Recently featured in The Observer, the multi-
instrumentalist family group of six from Kent have a significant international online
following passionate about their mix of folk- pop harmonies, uplifting messages,
authentic imperfections, and sense of connection and heart.
Hollow Chapters ranges across genres (from acoustic protest songs to funk and
reggae rock), but has a vintage organic style, rooted in natural analogies, ideas of
journey and lifecycle, and epic and inspirational themes. It promises to move people
emotionally, whether through ballads about departed loved ones or stirring tracks
designed to forge collective action and hope. The songs tell stories using the different
voices of family members, drawing inspiration from poetry, landscape, and artefacts.
Hollow Chapters blends the spirit and heart of folk with the energy and dynamism of
pop – featuring the British family’s trademark vocal harmonies and characterful
performances. Having hoarded their own original writing for over a year, while sharing
many hilarious viral parodies, the Marsh Family now deliver sonic stories inspired by
Greek mythology (‘Hollow Chapters’), their experiences of anger (‘A New Way’), grief,
and loss (‘You Were Gone’), nostalgia for traditions (‘The Falconer’) and objects
(‘Artefact’), and heroes of the modern age such as the songs memorialising the
courage of Russian activist Alexei Navalny (‘Sit for the Road’) or the protestors in Iran
(‘Zan Zendegi Azadi’). T
hough the pieces are refracted by their different lenses as teenagers or parents in a
world under strain, they all return to themes of solidarity and support (‘Fingertips’) –
perhaps most evocatively brought out in their bigger orchestral builds (‘Poor
Wayfaring Stranger’).