Marcus Gad & Tribe’s Next Single, for When You’ve Got a “Long Way Home”

The second single from the upcoming READY FOR BATTLE album, “Long Way Home” is a love song of sorts for New Caledonia, Marcus Gad’s home island in the Pacific Ocean. “‘Long Way Home’ is a song I wrote for my country, my island, when I was far away and felt the distance the most,” Marcus says. “When you’re away from home, surprisingly realistic memories sometimes pop up. They take on various forms; the smell of freshly squeezed kava, the texture of laterite gravel under one’s foot, the particular light of sunrise on a Pacific island, or the intonation of an Elder telling a tale in a local dialect. So many things that bring me back to my land despite the distance that separates me from it…”

Ready For Battle, the album, is slated for February 2023 release, in a partnership between Easy Star Records and France’s BACO Music. More music and videos will be coming in January and following the release. Marcus Gad & Tribe will be active touring in Europe throughout the spring and summer festival season, and the hope is for the band to make it to North America some time after that. This record follows Brave New World, the first album that Marcus officially released in North America via Easy Star Records, which spawned successful singles and videos for the songs “Tempo,” “One Day,” and “Brave New World,” among others.  

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