“We found Ben with his top off, lying on the floor of the disabled toilets trying to get his head together.”
Says Joe after a ferry journey to Stornoway which can only be described as tumultuous.
Touring their first single Heart of Glue has taken Man From Michael to some far out places, but a rough boat ride is not the worst thing the Merseyside 4-piece have had to go through. The gritty honesty in the lyrics captures people's reflective side; each song sums up an episode in almost everyone's life. You feel like you've been there before and the strange thing is you don't mind being back there. With the energy of The Jam and the harmonies of Crosby Stills Nash & Young, these are troubled stories of everything from addiction to anguish. They’re constructed in such a way that you find yourself having a good time listening to something that shouldn't make you smile, but does. It's the light in the shade.
Having been ejected from LIPA in his second year, it was a chance late night meeting in a Liverpool kebab shop that brought songwriter Joe McDonnell together with Chris and Ben. Along with Joe's guitarist brother Sam, their shared obsession for the seventies West-Coast vibe and harmonies became the backbone to Man From Michael. The massive, uplifting but somehow effortless songs connect with the individual in the audience, not least because they have choruses that you can sing along with the first time you've heard the song.
“They will let the audience adore them” - Gigwise.
Their summer night gigs outside at Heebie Jeebies in Liverpool seem the ideal setting for a band that not only have the melodies and the energy, but also wear your heart on their sleeve.
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Medes is the solo project of producer AJ Cookson. Known for his remix work under alter-ego Forma (tKatKa, Death From Above 1979, The Knife, Matthew Rozeik, Score One For Safety), and formerly as the frontman for the explosive band The Montauk Projekt (“…some kind of locked on noise-bastard two-piece” – Organ Magazine), AJ has been a regular contributor to 100m collective projects since the label’s inception and has collaborated with many of the collective’s acts. He now delivers this outstanding and long awaited debut solo collection.
hey am i a promter from liverpool but have moved dow2n south teh band i manage have got back together and im gonna start arranging gigs around london was just wondering if you would be interested? xx
aye up dont know if ay know but i lik epromote bands and put gigs on im lookin 4 2 liverpoll bands 4 a gig in jan intrested?? then i can confirm with the venue
The epic, majestic Strawhouses are launching their debut EP 'Runaway Child' at Zanzibar on Friday September 12th.
Joined by 5 more of Liverpool's finest bands, Strawhouses will headline the night which threatens to be one of the greatest nights for unsigned music this year! And all for only £3...
Strawhouses Jajuka Man From Michael The Howls Ivan Campo The Moguls
Hiya, yeah sorry i've had trouble getting them as they're on my mum's computer and she's in Spain at the mo! I'd love to come to one of your gigs soon though and photograph you. :) xx
