Creature Feature: Mars Aspen Debuts Their New Single “Pest Control” Out Today

Mars Aspen Joins Twin Fang Records and Releases Their New Single "Pest Control"with Performance Video.

Photo Credit: Salem Paige

Mars Aspen’s new single Pest Control explores the complexities of queer relationships and the painstaking process of digging into the reasons why some of them simply (or catastrophically) end. Is it me? Is it them? Who’s to blame when things go south? Pest Control combines feelings of love lost and the insecurities that follow. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Lizzy McAlpine, Daffo, and dodie, Mars Aspen’s unique vocals and calming instrumentation lures the listener in and traps them in their web.

careful, critter

come on, quicker

let me lure you in

Click here to watch Mars Aspen's performance video for Pest Control

Mars Aspen (they/them) is an emerging singer-songwriter from Ottawa, Ontario. Their songs explore themes of vulnerability, love, heartbreak, and everything in between. They weave aspects of personal identity and experience into saccharine-sweet indie folk that invites any and all listeners to find a new home within their sound. Since releasing their EP Orbit in 2022, they’ve performed alongside Leith Ross, Rae Spoon, and Canadian cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne. Mars made their broadcast debut on CTV Ottawa’s Music Mondays performing overgrown last month. You can watch their performance here. Stay tuned for Mars' upcoming EP coming out in early 2025.

On November 2, 2024 Pest Control debuted on the Indigenous Music Countdown at #39. Vote for Pest Control to move up the chart here.

Click here to listen to Pest Control

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