For his second album, “Seconds”, Odd Marshall has surprised himself – by working with his youthful heroes. It came around in an indirect way – when he was turned down by a prominent Canadian producer. It set Marshall to asking himself: “Who else did I like when I was 14?” The answer that immediately sprang to mind was the band Blind Melon so, with nothing to lose, he found a contact, sent a cold email with demos attached, and in no time he was chatting with guitarist Christopher Thorn who agreed to produce the album as well as bring in his six-string partner Rogers Stevens, marking the first time they have worked together outside of Blind Melon.
This second collection of songs also sees Odd Marshall making up for lost time; his 2024 album “Sand & Glue” was the result of taking up songwriting again after a substantial hiatus, as he explains: “I stopped writing songs for 10 years until I flipped my truck in a snowstorm. I was fine, but I crawled out the passenger window and, while sitting in the back of a cop car, a song came on the radio that reminded me I used to do that.” It was the dramatic prompt he needed to begin again, because life is not guaranteed, and if one wants to do something, it’s probably best not to put it off forever, although, truth be told, ‘Outta Here‘ has had a significant gestation. Speaking of today’s song, Marshall says, “This is one of the first ‘riffs’ I wrote for my band in high school. The lyrics came later, and I feel they apply to leaving any bad situation behind, like the line ‘There’s so much more outside of these doors… but you’re afraid of change.’ It’s still hard to believe I recorded it with the two guitarists from Blind Melon after living and breathing their debut album as a teenager.”
