The 28-year-old Guildford-based artist has already released fifteen songs, with accolades from SPIN, Rolling Stone En Espaรฑol, and sync placements in TV and film. Zachary Mason has never been one to color inside the lines, and with โThe Funky Martians,โ he cranks the weird and wonderful up to eleven. Having dropped on July 25, 2025, this track is the second on his upcoming three-song EP. Itโs part space opera, part rock odyssey, and all-around a funky, psychedelic ride you didnโt know you needed.
From the very first note, itโs clear youโre not on Earth anymore. The song opens with thick, grimy guitar riffs and punchy, deliberate drums courtesy of Nate Barnes (yep, from Rose Hill Drive), locking in a groove thatโs part space rock, part dance floor detour. Then comes the voice, deep, echoing, and dripping with reverb, half-spoken, half-sung like a narrator caught somewhere between sci-fi audiobooks and rock theater. Turns out, that voice is all Zachary. Heโs voicing the narrator, the colonists, and the Martians, thanks to some clever special effects and just the right dash of madness.
He sings about a human colony that lands on Mars and, surprise, surprise, runs into some less-than-friendly locals. But hereโs the twist: the Martians canโt resist funky basslines. Thatโs where Little Big Townโs bassist, John Thomasson, steps in with some truly infectious low-end magic thatโll have your shoulders grooving whether you like it or not.
Thereโs a playfulness baked into every layer of the trackโfrom the layered vocal textures to the warped guitars that seem to float and fizz like theyโve been beamed in from another galaxy.
Zacharyโs no stranger to experimentation. โThe Funky Martiansโ fits right in with his offbeat discographyโand may just be his most entertaining transmission yet. Check it out on YouTube.
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Review by: Naomi Joan