MESH release new album after three years

By Promofabrik • Nov 9th, 2009 • Category: Nuove Uscite

After a three year absence, Bristol’s hottest underground export in heartwrenching electronic pop is back. MESH, the duo of Mark Hockings and Rich Silverthorn, return with „A Perfect Solution“, possibly the most mature, mutable and yet toughest album of their career. While no one doubts Mark Hocking’s status as an exceptional vocalist, a complete listen to this album also serves to highlight the band’s songwriting and arrangement skills. Once pegged as a purely retro synth act, MESH have mutated into a true live band, and the resulting versatility in the arrangements transforms what might have merely been 11 good songs into outstanding ones.

Thematically, „A Perfect Solution“ is a bit darker than previous releases. The tone of the album is typified by „If We Stay Here“, a tale of broken relationships between people who once loved each other but who now just exist in the same space. The massive housing facade pictured on the cover further symbolizes the painful dramas which take place behind its windows.
The wires running throughout the artwork are both safety lines and shackles – anything but „A Perfect Solution“. Were the album musically as dismal andhopeless as it is lyrically, „A Perfect Solution“ might be too much to handle, but luckily MESH know how to strike the delicate balance between „bitter“ and „sweet“.

Alongside the regular jewelcase CD edition (mind 140) the album will also be available as strictly limited collectors box set incl. the album, 7“-single, poster and a special size 48-page booklet (mind 141).

Bandmembers:
Mark Hockings (vocals, guitars)
Richard Silverthorn (keyboards)

Year of foundation:
1992

Discography:
2007: The World’s A Big Place (We Collide Tour) – DVD
2006: My Hands Are Tied / Petrified – Maxi-CD
2006: We Collide – CD
2006: Crash – Maxi-CD
2003: Friends Like These – Maxi-CD
2002: Fragmente 2 – 2-CD
2002: Leave You Nothing – Maxi-CD
2002: Who Watches Over Me? – CD
2000: On This Tour Forever – live cd
2000: On This Tour Forever – live- backstage-studio VHS + CD
2000: Live Singles EP – Maxi-CD
2000: Original 91 – 93 – CD
1999: Not Prepared – Maxi-CD
1999: It Scares Me – Maxi-CD
1999: The Point At Which It Falls Apart – CD
1999: People Like Me (With This Gun) – Maxi-CD
1998: Fragmente – CD
1998: Trust You – Maxi-CD
1997: Fragile (the mixes) – Maxi-CD
1997: Fragile (extended) – CD
1997: You Didn’t Want Me – Maxi-CD
1996: In This Place Forever – CD
1994: Fragile – CD

Mesh on TOUR:
12. Nov. 2009: Markthalle Hamburg (Germany)
13. Nov. 2009: Forbraendingen Albertslund (Kopenhagen)
14. Nov. 2009: Mau Club Rostock (Germany)
15. Nov. 2009: Meier Music Hall Brunswick (Germany)
17. Nov. 2009: Werk II Leipzig (Germany)
18. Nov. 2009: WUK Vienna (Austria)
19. Nov. 2009: Backstage Munich (Germany)
20. Nov. 2009: Z7 Pratteln (Basle), Basle-Country
21. Nov. 2009: HSD Gewerkschaftshaus Erfurt (Germany)
22. Nov. 2009: Batschkapp Frankfurt/M. (Germany)
23. Nov. 2009: Columbia Club Berlin (Germany)
24. Nov. 2009: FZW Dortmund (Germany)
26. Nov. 2009: Live Music Hall Cologne (Germany)
27. Nov. 2009: Hof ter Lo Antwerp
28. Nov. 2009: O2 Academy Islington London, London and South East
29. Nov. 2009: Robin 2 Wolverhampton

Style:
Electro-Pop

Tracklisting:
01. If We Stay Here
02. Only Better
03. Everything I Made
04. Is It So Hard
05. Hold It Together
06. It’s Gone
07. How Long
08. Who Says
09. Hope. Dreams
10. Want You
11. The Bitter End

Releasedate:
23. October .2009

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