The 4-piece from Melbourne, Australia are doing a national tour for their latest single, Westward Backwards, and will be playing in Victoria's Blueprint Festival, as well as showcasing at QMusic's BigSound in Brisbane. The band are currently writing and arranging new material for their upcoming debut album, which so far looks to involve guest strings, orchestral sounds, new technological devices, 12 string guitars and lots of vocal arrangements. "I love the hugeness of this track. We all know Muse love Queen. Well this track is the bastard son of that union." - Richard Kingsmill, Triple J "Very freaking glorious." - Simone Ubaldi, Beat Magazine "A chaotic, yet exquisitely balanced brilliance of theatrical explosion; a private musical for my eardrums." - Kelly Swift, TheDwarf.com.au "Theatrical bombast from an ambitious local act...with harmonies on a rather grand scale." - Beat Magazine "It takes a lot of balls to write a track that sounds like something out of the 'We Will Rock You' musical. It's a 3 minute rock opera with elements of vaudeville, and like The King said, it's a Muse and Queen sandwich. The end is totally Matt Bellamy, but totally rocking!!" - Dom Alessio, triple j "They left most punters with their jaws on the floor." - Time Off, Brisbane "Freddy Mercury circa Bohemian Rhapsody? For real? Sure, why not – stuff The Darkness! The mighty Queen could not perhaps ever thought of better heirs than Melbourne’s [ME], and the immediate general consensus among the packed venue is that the fresh-faced quarted are fucking excellent musicians who could give The Fleet Foxes a run for their money with their harmonic vocal interplay (no joke). Whether it’s the histrionic soaring crescendos, juicy Brian May-style hammer-ons and fretboard fireworks or the grandiose, Muse-reminiscent piano breaks, the kids are simply more than alright – they are on fire. Working the heavily perspiring crowd into fervour with their own, exquisite brand of theatrical rock, [ME] apply a killer final touch by executing a tribal triple drum assault. Get back to Brissy soon boys – you fucking rock!" - Fasterlouder.com, Brisbane "In lieu of pre-gig research, [ME] turn out to be my unexpected discovery of 2009. Ridiculously talented, the precocious Melbourne fourpiece do a much better job at pulling off the Queen sound than The Darkness ever did and generally make the latter collective sound like a bunch of amateurs; Freddy Mercury’s spirit would undoubtedly be smiling at the band’s vocal acrobatics while Brian May would approve of the guitarist’s supersonic tapping and sustain-laden riffs. Two words: epic win." - Denis Semchenko, Rave Magazine, Brisbane |
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