Words from me, and words from others!
Lost in a Sea of Sound
November 7, 2025
All selections are beautifully turned askew, a difficult task fitting frayed puzzle pieces into seamless fluidity. And while the compositional magic is happening in the foreground, subtly smiling in the melodic undercurrent is the romance of familiar sonic connections. Thoughts surface noting Abbie from Mars sounds like this or that, then fizzle and reappear to something else. This is special, tackling creative extremes but still tethering to inspirations. For those taking the time to really hear, opening up the space in minds saved for curiosity and question marks, this album is one hundred and ten percent ready to delight.
WFMU’s Blast of Hot Air
October 1, 2025
Infectious avant synth pop, angelic vocals, rich electro glitch textures from NYC
I credit my experience with freeform radio for a lot of my own output and my own sort of voice and tastes, because – at WPRB, where I started doing radio, and at WFMU, where I currently do radio – it’s super encouraged to play rare stuff, like a super rare record that there’s 50 copies of or some obscure thing from Bandcamp that nobody’s listening to or talking about, and being the person to dig that up. Obscurity is like a badge of honor. Since I was a freshman in college, I had been thinking about music in that way, grabbing all these different things from all these different zones, like experimental jazz to electronic noise to dance music – trying to put them together like nobody has. A lot of my sound is just the result of a really wide variety of things that people don’t normally fuse together.
Interview with Dennis Young
September 24, 2025
Joyful Union Cassette Resource
September 12, 2025
You Always Wanted to Be a Part of What Went on in Places Like This featured
I really love the combination of sharp, outsider art and earnest pop on the first single from Abbie From Mars’ upcoming LP You Always Wanted To Be A Part Of What Went On In Places Like This. “Bad Design” has a great hook but it feels less like a verse/chorus/verse machine than a crouching animal that lurks then unexpectedly strikes. Clattering percussion surrounds the track, but no amount of sonic destruction could distract from a singalong like this.
Nina Protocol Staff Picks
August 19, 2025
Performer, producer, tapdancer, WFMU DJ: the New York artist Abbie from Mars—her actual hometown is Mars, Pennsylvania, no cap—wears many hats. Today, we are excited to premiere the new music video for her track “Bad Design,” which features the New York artist Slic. The video plays with Big Apple corporate aesthetics; the song itself has a quirked-up post-punk feel that hits a bit like some of the indie music that was dancing around the blogosphere back in the days of Sparks (the drink, not the band). It’s NYC DIY pop that spans ages and generations, created by an artist deep in the game. Don’t sleep on her radio show, either!
endaural
August 2025
You Always Wanted to Be a Part of What Went on in Places Like This included on the endaural anticipation list
The guest appearances on the album are well-chosen, with Abbie from Mars’ ethereal vocals on “Magnum Opus” offering a glimmer of hope amidst the darkness.
With assists from the likes of Fatboi Sharif, Nordra, Skech185 and Abbie from Mars, you’d be hard-pressed to find a record of any genre as complicated yet rewarding as The Legend of ABM.
Assembled by the labels Gold Bolus and Strategy of Tension, this inexpensive anthology serves up a bumper crop of diverse offerings from loads of fascinating artists.
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Speaking of her sound world, imagine if Merrill Garbus and Annie Clark fronted later- Nine Inch Nails and you would have some idea of the aural zone Abbie inhabits. Kinky, quirky and clever delivery from beneath a slightly oblique veneer of seedy, mostly downtempo grooves. Her execution and transitions between pieces felt seamless throughout… Some of the show was even performed with Abbie on the ground surrounded by the audience. Fearless and confident. At no point could you take your eyes and ears away from the stage.
The Legend of ABM is a sonically intense experience to the point that when relatively low-key passages arrive, they hit like a thump to the chest. The strummed guitar that closes the otherwise ferocious “Dead Men Tell No Lies” and the stately ambient washes and wordless backing vocal by Abbie from Mars on “Magnum Opus” reveal another facet of the duo’s complexity and willingness to take risks.
FLOOD
January 26, 2024
“Angry Blackmen Lay Out Their Lore as They Walk Us Through The Legend of ABM“
We felt Abbie From Mars was a perfect fit for this song. We met her in the summer of 2022 opening up for Dälek in Brooklyn. The text went something like: “Hey Abbie! I know it’s late lol was working on this album and I thought of you. Would you be down to feature if we sent a track? Thinking of like a really melodic hook, I love what you did singing-wise with your song ‘Fog It Up,’ was thinking something melodic like that.”
She was thrilled and responded: “Would be psyched and honored! Thanks for thinking of me.”
Ghettoblaster
January 26, 2024
“New Music | Friday Roll Out: Craig Wedren, Ty Segall, Angry Blackmen, Torres, R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura”
They close the album with “Magnum Opus,” featuring Abbie From Mars. The melancholy takes a literal turn from all aspects of music and prose, with Abbie’s ethereal backing vocals. The song literally moves with a quality of airiness that hasn’t been heard in some time. We can breathe it in without fear of toxicity.
Neulich kam in der Sendung “Radioactivity with Abbie from Mars” direkt hintereinander “Jonny, du Lump” von Holger Hiller, ehemals Palais Schaumburg, und “Im Zoo” von Pyrolator aka Kurt Dahlke, ehemals Der Plan. Wann und wo lief so etwas zuletzt im deutschen Radio? (Lief es jemals?)
FLOOD
November 8, 2023
“Angry Blackmen Set Up the Perfect Shot in Video for New Single ‘Stanley Kubrick'”
At 11 tracks and 30 minutes, The Legend of ABM also features guest spots from the ever-prolific Fatboi Sharif, as well as fellow Chicago-reared emcee Skech185 and experimental electronic musicians Abbie From Mars and Nordra.
included in top 100 albums of 2022
Abbie From Mars could be the most rhythmically obsessed alien to ever take up residence in New York, and this sophomore debut delivers an electro storm of improvisational pop, and eclectic idiosyncrasies.
This week Smhoak ruins a conversation with Abbie from Mars. Young and full of spirit, Abbie’s work ignores a lot of standard artistic divisions that keep us down. Listen to her excellent radio show Saturday nights at midnight est on WFMU.
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For Smhoakstock’s grand finale this year, Lehrhoff threw in everything but the kitchen sink. In totality, the program ended up being 12 days long. The first nine, from December 1st to the 9th, were filled with pre-taped content and broadcast online for 12 hours a day. They featured everyone from the performer Abbie From Mars, who is in her early 20s, to Brian Chase from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, who instructed viewers on how to play drum parts to classic Guns N’ Roses songs.
The Deli Magazine
July 18, 2022
“Abbie from Mars proves she’s really from Mars on ‘My Second Debut Album'”
And speaking of butt-shaking rhythms, Abbie has developed a greater appreciation on this album for the art of the groove compared to her first album, Quick Universe Leap, which overall leaned more towards stuttering difficult-to-dance-to rhythms and sometimes no beats whatsoever (maybe that’s why the second debut is framed as a “do-over” that’s more avant-pop than pure sound art) but on the new one you get plenty of propulsive stripped-down grooves alongside the more experimental moments.
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The insanity that is “I Think I Broke My Finger” kind of leaves you reeling from shock. It is hard to listen to as Abbie screams and hurls odd sounds into your eardrums, but it’s the explosive nature of the sounds that makes it tolerable. AfM has a neat talent to create rhythms with funky sounds.
invited to share 10 albums that were “game changing” for me
Oh and there’s a freaky and delightful album from an artist named Abbie From Mars, who is actually from New York. It’s well worth your 26 minutes.
Bandcamp
June 14, 2022
My Second Debut Album featured in New and Notable section of the homepage
Experimental pop artist and WFMU radio personality Abbie from Mars re-introduces herself on this playful, idiosyncratic album.
The Deli Magazine
June 4, 2022
“The Rocket Song” single featured in Quick Local News
featuring “Kittens Will Bite” single
endaural
May 2022
My Second Debut Album included on the endaural anticipation list
Interview at Breakdown // Breakthrough
January 27, 2022
On Craft & Process
Princeton Arts Alumni
April 12, 2021
“Middleman”
Quick piece I wrote on the satisfaction of a physical art-making process, particularly during pandemic lockdown
So I’ve been asking myself: how do I balance the polish of seated, steady work (which may often take place in front of a computer) with the energy of a more physical, spontaneous process? When is it right to eliminate the digital middleman completely? And how do I pull work most directly from my body-mind?
Berkshire Fine Arts
February 24, 2020
“Princeton Atelier at National Sawdust: Humanizing Electronic Sound”
Abbie… concluded the evening, live processing her taps, executed from sea green shoes. The precedence of percussion in contemporary music is made clear in her performance. She is the instrument and composer as she taps. She is very funny. [She] also has an uncanny sense of rhythm, which both delights and jars as she “beats” her work.
Bandcamp Daily
September 25, 2018
“Better Know a College Radio Station: Princeton University’s WPRB”
Experiment! Play multiple tracks at the same time. Read poetry over bird sounds and gritty noise. Bring in objects that make interesting sounds. Shout into the microphone in the middle of a song. Create a character one day. Make sense—or don’t. Just keep your listeners on their toes.
Abbie from Mars 