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[Me] are purveyors of theatrical rock, combining classical piano, vocal harmonies, choirs, grooves and soaring guitars, which comes off like the soundtrack to a vampire movie set in revolutionary France – with laser beams.
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
"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
For Bookings contact:
Pat Delves: pat@premierartists.com.au
Randall Nolan: randall@premierartists.com.au
hey luke/mike/spikey-mike/damo, we've put up a live recording of one of our tracks from the Espy... maybe between transit when you have a spare moment between flights... should be enough to hear something special - let me know what's been happening between swims since Burleigh Beach! -Ed
cant believe we missed you in perth @ one movement damnit!!! we first saw you at the NCBC in Canberra. what a show!!! anyway, look forward to your next gig on the west coast :)
Brisbane outfit Toy Balloon will release their debut album Toy Division on
November 8 through Lofly Records, and to celebrate will perform an east coast
launch tour throughout November.
Formed in 2007, Toy Balloon was
originally a fledgling two-piece made up by Nimai Etheridge’s uniquely melodic
wall-of-sound guitar and Greg Cooper’s beautiful sequenced electronic
compositions. The band have since matured into a four piece featuring Chloe
Cooper (Mr Maps) on key boards and Ben Green on drums.
The album was
recorded and mixed at the Lofly Hangar in Brisbane, a DIY performance space that
Toy Balloon has been an integral part of creating. Fostering emerging artists
and left-of-centre music, the Hangar acts as a performance space, recording
studio, and meeting place; and has resulted in a record with a rich, layered
sound reminiscent of New Order, Mogwai, Boards of Canada, and LCD
Soundsystem.
Catch Toy Balloon launch Toy Division at a venue near you
this Oct/ November.
TOY BALLOON TOUR DATES:
Brisbane- Thursday 29
October- The Zoo, Fortitude Valley w/ Moon Jog, Tin Can Radio and Doom
Doom.
Sydney- Wednesday 4 November- ‘Upstarts’ at Spectrum, Darlinghurst
w/ Convaire and Black Bear Brown Bear
Sydney- Thursday 5 November- Oxford
Arts Factory, Darlinghurst w/ World Champion and others
Melbourne-
Saturday 7 November- Pony, Melbourne w/ Love Connection and
Aoi
Melbourne- Sunday 8 November- El Joyero, Melbourne
Toy
Division is released November 6 on Lofly Records, with distribution through MGM.
Hi Damien Heard you were great at Big Sound! I just got back from L.A. and met up with a few people there. I am in the Top 20 on www.uncharted.com.au right now. Please vote for me as I could win a spot at The Big Day OUT!
heya me boys checked u guys out @ blueprint, u guys playing working life was my favorite music moment of the weekend so cheers will be at the espy show with bells on jimmy p.s- ur drummer is a fkn nutter- love it
Come and join us on the Slope! Send an mp3 to slipperysloperadio@gmail.com, we'd love to have you on our weekly internet radio show dedicated to Victorian unsigned and independent bands and artists. Cheers, SS xx
Thanks! We're not ready for that just yet, but we're working on it! Good luck for your shows in September, especially the festival. Come back to Sydney soon? Le Kingste.
arrrrghhh... Sorry I couldn't make it to the gig on the weekend.... I missed my flight and had to wait 2 and a half hours for another, got to Surrey Hills at 10. How did it all go?
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