And The Hipsters Sing...

Soundsphere currently has an exclusive stream of our new EP http://www.soundspheremag.com/spherecast/exclusive-stream-the-mekano-set-the-three-thieves/

"It’s vast, dark and incredibly catchy throughout. We’ve got so much time for this band."

Thanks to everyone who ordered a copy or downloaded.  Life in Liverpool is pretty good. Been here for 3 months now. Should probably get out a bit more. We were going to have a bit of a break and do some exploring but were galvanized into action following an unexpectedly funny bit of confusion over at our Facebook Group.

It seems like Post-Punk and Shoegaze sounds have inevitably become 'in' with the tedious hipster / trustafarian crowd. Bandwagoning hipsters are winning praise for shamelessy ripping off the sounds, themes and lyrics of Joy Division, Siouxsie and The Banshees and The Sisters of Mercy. Song titles ripped from the lyrics of the songs they're ripping off. Poses, shoes and production values pilfered. 

 It's fine - vital even - to represent your influences, but when you only have the one, the least you can do is move it forward rather than simply replicating it. Otherwise you're just a tribute act. You'll probably earn more adoration and money as a result. 

We've been fairly criticized in the past for being too eclectic in our influences. But we're just too restless and frankly too fucking creative to be that narrow minded.  

Bit of a web-adventure promo for the new EP: http://www.mekanoset.net/threethieves/index.html

So what started out as a bad joke has turned into Black Aspirin: a shamelessly catchy tongue in cheek anti-hipster anthem. And it's possibly going to be a single... You can hear a mix of Black Aspirin via DJ Cruel Brit's blog: http://www.mixcloud.com/CruelBritannia/cruel-britannias-haunted-wardrobe-october-2013/

 

 

We also have enough outside / inside mixes (something that we've really started to enjoy working on recently) to do something with. We want to try and recreate one or two of them live: the big reverbs, the minimalism.

 And now, on a more positive note, a date for your diary: Saturday 16th November we play The Giffard Arms in Wolverhampton. The place is a bit of a legend: a real Rock and Roll establishment and home to the West Mid's finest Alternative / Post-Punk / Goth / Shoegaze music night. Expect everything from The Soft Moon to Curve:

xxx

  

#bum_mints 

 

Black Aspirin Image by BeatnickSoup. 

London Gothic

We're getting ready to play London on Friday night. It's a full-on Alternative Gothic Post-Punk Electro Deathrock night which is a bit very exciting. Cavey Nik's Dead and Buried promises to be an eclectic and colourful night of noises where they play everything from Cardiacs to The Cramps, Joy Division to Generation X,  Sparks to The Smiths.

Digital Painting by SugarHighTyrant

Friday 25th January. 8 pm - 3 am - £6

Mother Live
333 Old Street
London
EC1V 9LE

http://www.clubdeadandburiedlondon.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/186505638157475/


Nearest tube stations = Old Street + Liverpool Street

http://www.clubdeadandburiedlondon.com/location-and-transport/




Meanwhile, help yourself to a slice of our own brand of dark, grimy swirly electro punk noise:

http://glasskeysshoegrimemix.viinyl.com/ 

A little more info on Dead and Buried

ENTRY £6

No dress code but BLACK is preferable!

UPDATE: Please try and arrive before 23.30 as after that time all monies taken on the door go straight to the venue and NOT Dead and Buried - please help us to continue to bring quality live bands and Djs to London at thsi great venue if you can [none of which is free!] Plus the earlier you get tehre the more frun you will have! ;^)

You may hear music from bands such as: Opera de Nuit, Christian Death, The Cure, Gorgonas, Gertrud Stein, Bauhaus, Euroshima, The Unkindness of Ravens, Sisters of Mercy, Ideal, CCCP, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Specimen, ALien Sex Fiend, The Cramps, Frustration, La Femme, The Adicts, Cinema Strange, Defectors, Fangs on Fur.. etc.

The Mekano Set

Friday 6th April London

Friday 6th April, we're back in London for a night in Kentish Town. If you're very good, we're going to do something a bit special. Unexpect the Expected.

Meanwhile, the wonderful Martin Oldgoth plays a track from us on the April edition of Thirteen13: http://www.mixcloud.com/NightbreedRadio/thirteen13-april-2012/ 

And not forgetting, today's theme tune, which today is... down, down-beat, and downright dirty: http://offender.viinyl.com/

The Mekano Set