DEAD MACHINE
If you are going to listen to one new band this year, then make it Mesh 29.
They are not only new (even if the very young members have been paying since the tender age of 14), but because, unlike what the NME and MTV2 is trying to feed the masses these days (IE an acolytes of cookie cut copycats flirting with 80s aesthetics and strobe lights), they are able to deliver something that, for once, is not redundant, pedantic and fake but resonates real and passionate.
True to their unadulterated grace that comes from being so young it’s endearing, these young musicians are extremely mature in their deliverance and have something incredibly rare these days: they know how to write a melody without falling into the easy trap of being over commercialized. Armed with a sensibility that transcends their British origins they are able to deliver something that can appeal to a very broad audience. Something that speaks of their young age but it’s not limited to that; on the contrary, it‘s aided by that, giving them the chance and ability to write with a level of sincerity that is never overplayed, but always beautifully balanced.
There is a melancholia running through the 12 tracks of their debut album that is coloured by many nuances and leave the listener eager to play it again to find new colours and new sides to the tales unravelling within the confines of their music.
Closer to bands like The honorary Title and singers like Teddy Geiger from
the new resurrected American tradition of singers songwriters, than their
fellow Britons too occupied to find a merchandising aesthetic instead of
writing music, Mesh 29 are able to subtly and gracefully deliver a record
that is flawlessly beautiful and rich with ingredients that are part of
every person’s life. From the pained steps towards growing up, to the
enduring quality of hope and love, this record is poignant and courageous,
beautiful and pained.
They say that love nowadays it’s impossible to sing about because the words seems to have been too trivialized by so many commercial, but Mesh 29 seems to have a vocabulary of shiny new words, of feelings turned over and sown together in a way that makes the listeners aware that, eternity can still be sang and very beautifully so.
Do yourself a favour, buy this record.
Find a new way to say: Love.
by Laila
For more on the band check out their website www.mesh29.com
