FM vocalist Steve Overland features on Mason‘s latest single, ‘This Thing Called Love‘, taken from their third album, Edge Of Destruction, out now on Eonian.
“‘This Thing Called Love‘ was originally written in 1987-1988 by John McAfee,” said multi-instrumentalist Marcus Mason. “John presented the digitalised original demo to me last year and I immediately was hooked on its memorable and catchy choruses, and distinctive verses. I was sold! Once it was rerecorded, the song missed something special on backups. That is where Steve Overland was brought in who was the perfect complementary piece to the overall feel and sound of the track.”
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 1988, Marcus Mason came of age at a time when the musical landscape was moving rapidly away from the sounds that fascinated him most. While rap, hip-hop, punk, and post-grunge dominated much of the late ’90s and early 2000s, Mason found himself looking backward: to the melodic hard rock, arena-sized choruses and polished AOR of the late ’70s, ’80s and early ’90s. It was not nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake. It was instinct.
His breakthrough came in 2024 with the release of his debut album, I Can’t Wait, through Lions Pride Music. It established the blueprint, and 2025’s Seconds To Impact on Eonian took things a stage further. Third album Edge Of Destruction continues that forward momentum.
