Blisters in the Pit of My Heart

Blisters in the Pit of My Heart
Studio album by Martha
Released	1 July 2016 (2016-07-01)
Studio	Suburban Home
Length	36:23
Label	Fortuna Pop! (UK) Dirtnap Records (US)
Producer	Matthew 'MJ' Johnson
Martha chronology
Courting Strong (2014) Blisters in the Pit of My Heart (2016) Love Keeps Kicking (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Clash	9/10[3]
Consequence of Sound	B+[4]
DIY	[5]
Drowned in Sound	9/10[6]
Pitchfork	7.3/10.0[7]
The Skinny	[8]

Blisters in the Pit of My Heart is the second studio album by English band Martha. It was released in July 2016 by Fortuna Pop! in the UK/EU and Dirtnap Records in the US.

According to Pitchfork, the album's lead single "Goldman's Detective Agency," "reimagines early 20th century anarchist Emma Goldman as a private investigator'.[9][10]

In Ice Cream And Sunscreen the line "December boy you got it wrong" is a reference to the refrain of "September Gurls" by Big Star, "December boy's got it bad".

Curly & Raquel references two characters from the British soap opera Coronation Street[10] as well as paraphrasing lyrics from a Billy Bragg song.[11]

St Paul’s (Westerberg Comprehensive) is about 'queer students at catholic school' and the title of which references both Paul Westerberg and the film Heathers.[9] The lyrics also reference Bastards of Young, a song by Westerberg's band The Replacements.

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank	Ref.
The A.V. Club	The A.V. Club's Top 50 Albums of 2016	2016	20	[12]
Consequence of Sound	Top 50 Albums of 2016	2016	46	[13]
Rough Trade	Albums of the Year	2016	54	[14]
Panorama (nettavis)	Albums of the Year	2016	10	[15]

Track listing

All music is composed by Martha

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Christine"	1:57
2.	"Chekhov's Hangnail"	2:57
3.	"Precarious (Supermarket Song)"	2:59
4.	"Do Whatever"	2:45
5.	"Goldman's Detective Agency"	3:33
6.	"The Awkward Ones"	3:17
7.	"Ice Cream And Sunscreen"	2:08
8.	"11:45, Legless In Brandon"	3:07
9.	"Curly & Raquel"	4:08
10.	"Do Nothing"	6:58
11.	"St. Paul's (Westerberg Comprehensive)"	2:34
Total length:		36:23

References

1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
2. Sendra, Tim (1 July 2016). "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
3. James, Gareth (8 July 2016). "Clash Review". Clash. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
4. Brennan, Collin (30 June 2016). "Consequence of Sound Review". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
5. Hancock, Tom (1 July 2016). "DIY Review". DIY. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
6. Brown, Paul (7 July 2016). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned In Sound. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
7. Moreland, Quinn (4 November 2016). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
8. Hawthorne, Katie (22 June 2016). "The Skinny Review". The Skinny. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
9. Moreland, Quinn (13 July 2016). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
10. Hancock, Tom (5 July 2016). "DIY Interview". DIY Magazine. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
11. Murphy, John (2 July 2016). "Music OMH Review". www.musicomh.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
12. "The A.V. Club's Top 50 Albums of 2016". The A.V. Club. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
13. "Top 50 Albums of 2016". Consequence of Sound. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
14. "Albums of the Year". Rough Trade. 14 November 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
15. "Albums of the Year". Panorama.no. 14 December 2016. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2016.