Our video I Want to be Loved was a Glamglare video pick of the week for of January 10, 2022
Here’s what they had to say about us:
“NYC duo MAKAR does not need much to bring a story to life, in this case, “Petronella” by Jay Williams. They put a lot of good vibes into music and visuals, so enjoy a five-minute break from the cold January weather.”
Check it out our video and the full review below.
https://glamglare.com/music/2022/01/11/video-picks-artsick-daytona-starsky-gentle-party-makar/
Our album Fancy Hercules is on NBT Music Radio’s top 100 albums of 2021.
Fancy Hercules was selected from 4000 albums!!!
Check it out below!
https://www.facebook.com/179755032067681/posts/4877170745659396/
Listen to NBT Music Radio here
https://nbtmusicradio.website/
We received a stellar review of our song Love and Confusion by The Other Side Reviews
Here’s a taste -
‘Love and Confusion’ has you bopping around to the sound and the melody from the first note. There is a lovely summer vibe to the music that fills you with good vibes. As you sway and smile to the music, you can feel the stress of the world lifting off your shoulders, whilst soaking up the warmth of the single. The steady upbeat vibes of the music whip past you like the wind, as you ride down the open road with the windows down. The drums that enter later in the track add a beach vibe to the lively music. There is no way you can listen to this melody and not feel lighter after.
Read the review in its entirety below
https://www.theothersidereviews.com/makar-love-and-confusion-2021/
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We received such a sweet review of our song Love and Confusion by the French blog - Indie chronique
“Makar delivers here a creative and totally addictive work as he makes us smile. With 'Love And Confusion', we have never been so confused, but happy.”
Full pithy review below
Check out our delicious review from Roadie Music!
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“The new release will inevitably expand its name to the most inhospitable corners, because “Love And Confusion” is SENSATIONAL!”
Wow. Thank you so much!
Read the whole review below:
Read our interview in Lost in the Manor.
We talk specifically about our song Love and Confusion.
“Your latest track is 'Love and Confusion'. Can you share with us the background of its creation and did any unusual things happen during its creation?
Andrea: I know there’s really no resemblance to this but when I started this song I was listening to Love and Happiness by Al Green over and over again. I mean it sounds nothing like that song, it’s just the longing in it. It’s my little Indie nod to Rev. Green. I just love the way he begins the song. He whispers in your ear, sets your soul on edge, talking just to you, telling you a truth. I like the beginning because it feels so quiet and yet so powerful.
What surprises me with this song’s creation is that it alludes to other songs we’ve written and I wasn’t even aware of it at the time. The lyric, “the sky is falling down” connects with another song on the album, Devil Don’t Do Me In lyric – “Do I give into depression or does the sky simply fall on me?” Emotions always threaten to burst through and are frowned upon in the day-to-day grind.
It’s funny, I only see all these intersections with in hindsight. Even in our second album, Funeral Genius in the title track, I wrote “the sky below is always falling a little.” And the sky is that feeling when depression starts to circle and you feel if only you fight hard enough you can hold up the sky and push back the depression. I tend to write about the same things unknowingly – insomnia, depression, anxiety, wanting to belong.
In the recording of Love and Confusion, it became a very different song. It was angrier before (https://youtu.be/sGHqsKfA4bo). I had this desire to play it in a higher octave and in those higher octaves, Mark and I found all these different harmonies I could sing as well as the ooooo in the bridge. I can’t imagine the song without the oooo.
While I like the original version, the final version on the album with all the high / low harmonies and the high energy made the song take off. Add a little timbales and the song transformed.”
Read the rest of the interview below
https://www.lostinthemanor.co.uk/blog/interview/december2021/musosoup/makar
Another awesome review of our single - Love and Confusion - from Indie Dock Music Blog.
“The single 'Love And Confusion' is the main tune from this record and it really has that amazing energy and extraordinary melody that fascinates us with its simplicity and memorability.”
Click on the link below to read the rest of the review
http://indiedockmusicblog.co.uk/?p=9583
A sweet review of our song Zombies Have Rights Too on Neufutur Magazine.
“Husband and wife duo, Makar, have another cooler-than-you-think gem with their new Halloween-inspired hit, “Zombies Have Rights Too”. Or is it inspired by the undead? Perhaps a nefarious monster is behind the song, or maybe it’s presented as a nod to the folks that just don’t get the same attention or love as they deserve. The tight sound, the airy melodies and the quirky beat is what makes Makar oh-so-good.”
Writer, Kim Muncie, went into such a deep dive on this song!
“I felt like there was a deeper layer to this, that the idea of being isolated and alone is universal. I think in a lot of ways, as a society we are zombies. We are always looking ahead, and not always truly looking at the people around us or even in the mirror.”
We love this review and zombies will love it.
