Etta Marcus

When Etta Marcus began writing the forthright, ferocious ‘Girls Are God’s Machines’ – the lead

single from her perspective-shifting new EP ‘Devour’ – the 24-year-old South Londoner had no

idea that so much rage was pent up inside of her. Until that point, Etta had been slowly

expanding her palette of richly-evocative storytelling, dipping into indie and rock, folk and pop to

weave visceral tales of the brain and the body. 2024’s acclaimed mini album ‘The Death of

Summer & Other Promises’ had explored almost gothic lyrical terrain, from a prostrating kind of

love on breakthrough single ‘Theatre’ to ‘Fruit Flies’’ tactile meditation on aging. But ‘Girls Are

God’s Machines’ and ‘Devour’ were something quite different…