‘Wona’, the latest offering from the upcoming mini-album ‘Johannesburg’ (released June 17) is out now! A big shout out to Baaba Maal, The Very Best & Beatenberg, who all smashed this one.

Here’s a note from Marcus on how the song came about:

“Matt [of Beatenberg] came over to my hotel in Cape Town and we spent a couple of hours just listening to music. We played each other some songs we liked, then some of our own demos and ideas. We then sat down and wrote a rough chord structure of Wona together in a pretty short time. I haven’t done that much co-writing outside the band so it was good fun.

Then when we got to Jo’Burg we had some music to chuck into a song, and we spent the afternoon talking about what the song was about, recording the parts, and ended up writing a bunch of the lyrics after a few ales, just in time to record vocals. A bit of brinksmanship but it was proper organic the way it came out. Then Baaba just came in and smashed down my favourite thing he’s ever sung on a verse. Then we danced a lot.”

‘Wona’ is now available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music.

You can also grab it instantly (along with ‘There Will Be Time’) by pre-ordering ‘Johannesburg’ on iTunes.

Enjoy!

M&S HQ