Letters From Mars
reckless love
Letters From Mars Archive
Charlotte, North Carolina’s Letters From Mars have released two tracks so far in 2025, offering up crisp indie pop / rock that feels like the best of early-aughts rock radio. Fans of Weezer, No Doubt, and the like should find plenty to like here.
There’s a swagger and a groove on these tracks that is pretty enticing. The crunchy rocker “Crash Out” was a killer debut, and now we get “Reckless Love”, a tidy little love song with a groove that will pull you in immediately.
The arrangement will give 90’s kids instant nostalgia and the chorus is an earworm that you might find yourself singing along to by the end of the first listen.
Letters From Mars are now 2 for 2 on tight, effective singles. We look forward to seeing what’s next. AGL
Letters From Mars
Crash EP
From the fuzzy opening riff of “Crash Out”, the new EP from NC (or is it Mars?) based Letters From Mars is addictive, smile-inducing, groovy, fun, and powerful. There are flashes - wisps really - of a whole range of familiar influences in each of these songs.
This EP is remarkable for how efficiently it displays a range of stylistic sandboxes in which LFM is comfortable playing. And through it all, an undeniable personality and simplicity that ties this project together beautifully.
The track we hadn’t heard yet was “HEART BREAKER” which opens with a nasty, undeniably classic grunge feel and then slips effortlessly into something more dance-able, like Presidents of the United States of America remixed for a strip club. Throughout, it feels like something that was missing from the 90s landscape, irrepressibly part of that vibe but too stubborn to fit into any of the boxes on offer. This song just rocks.
Letters From Mars is, above all else, a hell of a fun listen, and not just because it’s the first time I’ve heard anyone use “dag-nabbit” in a lyric. There’s a character to the vocals that’s unique and endearing, both in the lyrical approach and the delivery, and every one of these songs is memorable and punchy enough to be the lead single on its own album. Terrific work from a really exciting new artist. start.
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