Following its premiere on Kerrang! Radio, Fresh Blood With Alex Bakerand their intimate launch show at the Gibson Guitar Showroom in London, Press to MECO are excited to sharetheir explosive new single ‘Easy Life’, out now on Marshall Records.
Recorded and produced by Richard Craker (DAGNY, Liam Gallagher) and mixed by Shane Edwards (Trophy Eyes, The Libertines), ‘Easy Life’ is the culmination of the Press to MECO’s collective frustrations navigating the turbulent world of the music industry, while having the guts and artistic integrity to stick it out and stay true to yourself.
“‘Easy Life’ was the first song we’d written after the ‘Here’s To The Fatigue’ album, at a pretty low point for all of us. The song talks about becoming disillusioned with the dream you’re pursuing and second-guessing the path you’re on. I liked the idea of comparing the dream to a bad relationship which you know you should give up on, but can’t bring yourself to leave. Obviously, working in the music industry comes with a lot of self-doubt and stress about whether you’ll become successful or not. This song was a good opportunity to vent about this and describe how these feelings can get to you after some time. That being said, ‘Easy Life’ is one of my favourite things we’ve written to date and serves as a good reminder of how fulfilling writing and performing your own music can be. We worked with our talented friend Richard Craker as the producer who we also worked with on the acoustic EP released earlier this year. It’s a great creative relationship we have with him and one we’re hoping to build on in the future.”
Press to MECO is a 3 piece rock band from Crawley/Croydon on a relentless pursuit to harness their sound into a punchy, driving and visceral powerhouse; performing off-kilter, unreasonably catchy songs that are full of twists and turns. Alternating vocals blend into 3-part harmonies, coming together with sometimes beautiful, sometimes forceful, always overwhelmingly powerful instrumental breakdowns. Press to MECO are the perfect mix of technicality and razor-sharp hooks, combined with undeniable pop sensibilities.
The band will also embark on a huge 16 date UK headline tour this October with support from Chapter and Verse.
“We’re really looking forward to hitting the road in October! After having to pull our headline tour last year, we feel this is well overdue. It’s something we want to do and feel that we owe it to the fans of the band. We’ve been putting in the hours to pull together a set that we feel will satisfy all PTM fans old and new. We’ll be Including a bunch of songs we’ve never played live before AND a couple of songs we haven’t played for a very long time…”
Be sure to catch them live at one of the following dates:
2nd October Stoke, The Sugar Mill
3rd October York, Basement
4th October Huddersfield, The Parish
5th October Leicester, The Shed
10th October Birmingham, Mama Roux’s W/SHVPES
11th October Milton Keynes, Craufurd Arms
12th October Tunbridge Well, Forum Basement
16th October Oxford, O2 Academy 2
17th October Bournemouth, Anvil
18th October Plymouth, Underground
19th October Cheltenham, Frog And Fiddle
22nd October St Albans, The Horn
23rd October Newcastle, Think Tank
24th October Edinburgh, Sneaky Petes
25th October Liverpool, E.B.G.B.S
26th October Guildford, Boiler Room