ME RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM ‘EVEN THE ODD ONES OUT’ ON 25th JANUARY 2013

Melbourne four-piece ME will be releasing their debut album ‘Even The Odd Ones Out’ on Lizard King Records on 25 January 2013. The glam pop metal pioneers have been causing a big fuss in the UK live circuit having played over a hundred shows already in 2012 and touring with the likes of Kasabian, Twin Atlantic and Panic! at the Disco, the latter tour seeing them play to 30,000 people in ten days. Since April ME have appeared on the bill of London’s legendary Camden Crawl and Brighton’s Great Escape Festival and have completed three more successful UK tours with King Charles, The Xcerts and Motion City Soundtrack, as well as a packed London headline show at The Sebright Arms.

ME are Luke Ferris (voice, guitar, piano), Damian Tapley (lead guitar), Michael Godde (bass) and Spike Rogers (drums). The band wanted a playful album title and one that offered several meanings. It also hints at the band’s diverse style making them hard to pin down musically. “We are a little in the odd ones out category” says frontman Luke. “I love big rock bands with killer riffs and grooves, but I also love great vocals, harmonies, orchestral works and bad ass choirs. So we have just thrown loads of different ingredients into the pot because they are the flavours we enjoy.” The 12 tracks that make the album are the culmination of “five great years in Melbourne, surrounded by a thriving music scene and embracing musical community” says Luke.

The record opens with the twisted nursery crime theatrics of Hoo Ha (“Mirror, mirror, on the wall, a vain bunch aren’t we all”), the band’s feted live opener and a track that really does set the tone of this epic, fully loaded, rock opera of an album. Vampire!! Vampire!! is a straight up, three-minute head rush about the band’s hatred of reality television culture and specifically its creators. “Do yourself a favour, turn the television off, read a book or go support local live music”, offers Luke. Previous single Rock and Roll Dandy is a ridiculously catchy homage to past musical glories (or ‘like Suede gone to Download’ according to Q Magazine), steam punk magnum opus Westward Backwards is the perfect calling card and Trails in the Sky a slice of magnificent orchestral hugeness that hints at the band’s stadium filling ambitions. Album closer Their Song is the band at their most delicate and gives the album an appropriate happy ending.

The album has been produced by ‘Barny’ Barnicott (Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys, Temper Trap) and Grammy winning engineer Ian Dowling and the full track listing runs as follows: Hoo Ha; Trails In The Sky; Rock and Roll Dandy; Like A Fox; Westward Backwards; Carousel; Working Life; Under The Sun; Vampire!! Vampire!!; Choral; Your Favourite Colour; Their Song.

ME will be appearing across the country in January at Big Day Out 2013. Headlines dates will be announced shortly.

“ME look set to make a big splash…they sound huge, dramatic and unutterably exciting” Kerrang!

AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES: BIG DAY OUT 2013

Friday 18 January 2013 Sydney Showground

Sunday 20 January 2013 Parklands, Gold Coast

Friday 25 January 2013 Adelaide Showground

Saturday 26 January 2013 Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne

Monday 28 January 2013 Claremont Showgrounds, Perth

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