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MARAT, the revolutionary, four-piece rock act from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is about to up the ante in this so-called rock revival with therelease of its selftitled album on MoRisen Records. On this extraordinarydebut, the uncompromising MARAT delivers 10 tracks of guitar heavy rock 'n' roll packed with hi-amp riffs, incisive lyrics and a provocative flair that is as alluring as it is brash and unforgiving. It is rock that is stripped down, then shot from the soul, and like the world we live in, simultaneously chaotic and balanced, sophisticated but primal, dark though enlightening, and psychedelic yet very, very real. While MARAT is new to arrive, forming in 2002, its members happen to be some of the chief architects of North Carolina's celebrated alternative rock scene, with each a pivotal member of such groundbreaking rock groups as Snatches of Pink, What Peggy Wants, Teasing the Korean, Dillon Fence and the Veldt. But don't peg MARAT as some kind of North Carolina indie rock supergroup. To do so would focus too much on their individual pasts rather than collective future, and as for the future, just listen to MARAT's label debut, experience them live and be ready to encounter some of the best rock 'n' roll you've heard in a long time.