User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License additional terms may apply. Marian Hill is joined live by bassist and saxophonist Steve Davit. Many a moon down the line, following a stint studying music composition at college for Lloyd while Gongol was cutting her teeth in New York as a songwriter, the pair reunited in the former’s bedroom studio.Ĭiting influences ranging from Cole Porter to Kanye, from Ella Fitzgerald to Drake, while many artists define themselves by the mixture of inspirations they’ve concocted, Marian Hill go one step further: fusing disparate sources into a compound sound that’s hard to imagine ever having been apart.
The pair’s roots can be traced back as far as a middle school talent show that saw Lloyd - the son of a conductor and an opera singer - hear Gongol sing for the first time. They are influenced by theater: Lloyd studied music theater at Yale University and their name comes from two characters, Marian Paroo and Harold Hill, from the musical The Music Man, which they starred in together in middle school. Other patents pending.Ī Philadelphia electronic pop duo comprised of Jeremy Lloyd (production/songwriting) and Samantha Gongol (vocals/songwriting). Marian Hill is an American electronic R&B duo consisting of producer Jeremy Lloyd and vocalist Samantha Gongol. getting darker and darker and landing at the bottom with Same Thing, but then you hear the castanets and a look across a crowded bar changes everything. Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group Song Discussions is protected by U.S. Didnt even really wanna go But if you get me out, you get a show. Feast, Solemnity and other religious related Marian Hill lyrics - 43 song lyrics sorted by album, including Differently, Lips. I don't really think that we should fight thisĪre you down, d-d-down, d-d-down, d-d-down, down, down?Are you, down, down, d-down, downĪre you down, are down, are you d-d-down, are youAre you, are you, are you d-down-downĪre you, are you d-d-d-down, are youDown, down, d-downĭown, down, d-downAre you down, are down, are you d-d-downĪre you down, are down, are you d-d-down, are youAre you down, are down, are you d-d-downĪre you down, are down, are you d-d-down, are youDown?ĭAVID COLIN JONES, MIKE LLOYD, NICKY PRINCEPublished by Are you down, d-d-down, d-d-down, d-d-down, down, down?ĭown, d-d-down, d-d-down, d-d-down, down, down?ĭown, d-d-down, d-d-down, d-d-down, down, down?Are youĪre you down, are you down, are you d-d-d-downĪre you down, are you down, are you d-d-d-down, are youĭownYou know we could put them all to shame Marian Hill’s one of a kind sound is present throughout blues harmonies blend with sparse hip hop drums, horns blast under classic vocal melodies, and soloistic vocal chops sit side by side with clear, intimate lyrics.