Martha's debut album When Shadows Return to the Sea (2014) was received with high acclaim with 4* reviews from Northern Sky, Americana UK and R2 Magazine, the latter hailing her as having ‘the talent, the voice and the imagination to stand out from the crowd’. 
 With songs ‘full of charm, delicateness, and pure, unadulterated loveliness’*, they veer from enigmatic and sobering, to the brooding razor-sharp. Sometimes described as a present-day female incarnation of Nick Drake, Martha also draws inspiration from diverse influences including Radiohead and Debussy. 
 Played on BBC 6Music and supporting the likes of Marika Hackman, Scott Matthews and Seth Lakeman, Martha has ‘a world-class voice well worth keeping your ears open for’. 
 *Fresh On The Net