Not for Radio "Melt" 2026-04-03 I always felt distinctly intrigued

I always felt distinctly intrigued and magnetized by the flower

As one of the bands that laid the seeds for goth rock

While the DWARVES uncompromising vision of gut level rock & roll

was an album that combined ska and punk and defined the bands' unique style

Not for Radio "Melt" 2026-04-03 I always felt distinctly intriguedMelt is the debut solo album and "alternate reality" from Mara Zardoya, the lead singer and songwriter of the Grammy nominated indie pop band The Maras. The idea began with a question, which came to Zardoya while isolating in the snowy hills of Upstate New York: "Is love worth the pain?" As if under natures spell, Zardoya transformed her winter heartache into a collection of intimate psychedelic ballads, imbued with a touch of gothic romanticism.