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Photo credit: Maya Luana
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MESMERISER
puts society under the
microscope in latest EP
‘SOLD!’
EP launch at Waywards, Sydney Sunday, April 24
Support bands: SLIM JIMZ and MORDOR.
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Photo credit: Maya Luana
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Praise for MESMERISER
“Liking the French feel here. Those little Phoenix-like guitar lines, the rising backing vocals, the highway rhythm running through the song. Nice work.” Richard Kingsmill, triple J
“It’s swirling around me and inside my head in the best way possible.” Declan Byrne, triple J
Don’t Complicate It: “swishes about with this dazzling indie-pop sound not too far off what’s become a stand-out genre for Australian music in the last few years; jangly guitar work meeting fist-clenching hooks perfectly designed to be yelled out as loudly as possible.” Pilerats
“The tracks on “SOLD!” are a heady breezy trip, a cornucopia of ripping guitars, big hooks and sweet melodies. There are some nostalgic sounds in there, along with gnarly guitars bringing into the present. It’s a cracking listen.” AU Review
“It’s woozy, bright and rugged; like the early morning sun seeping through the makeshift curtains of your van, and onto your resting head.” Happy Magazine
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Mesmeriser are bold and unapologetic in their nuanced examination of current society in latest EP ‘SOLD!’. They’ve proven themselves as garage rock powerhouses through the lead single of the same name, a confident critique of the unfulfilling ultra-materialistic society we live in.
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Pulling inspiration from contemporaries The Strokes and The Libertines, Mesmeriser add their own hugely accomplished take into the alternative garage-rock oeuvre. Recorded at Yap Yap Studios in Sydney Australia, the EP was mixed by Oscar Sharah (Mel Blue) and mastered by Ryan Schwabe.
The EP ‘SOLD!’, is a masterful collection of tracks following the lives of 3 ‘corporate drones’ working in a call centre. The EP maps the internal existential difficulties placed on them by the external pressures of society. In this pressure-cooker environment of work, “Not just any call centre, but the call centre of God, not only are their jobs on the line, but so are their souls…Numbers are down, tensions are up, as the drones attempt to sell the company’s ‘Salvation Plan’. Through their personas Mesmeriser navigate; over-indulgence, needless consumerism, gluttony and snobbery.” Myles, Mesmeriser.
It’s one thing to make a great sounding song, it’s another to skilfully weave a nuanced message, balancing complex themes throughout a body of work and still have it sounding great. This is one of Mesmeriser’s many talents that sets them apart as highly skilled musicians. Mesmeriser expertly examines the hyper-consumerist and morally vacant society we live in by spotlighting the obsession with over-consumption and instant gratification – an ultimately unfulfilling and largely unsustainable pursuit.
To celebrate the launch of the EP, Mesmeriser will be playing at Waywards in Newtown on 23rd April “We’re enlisting the help of our Friends Slim Jimz and The Causeway. We’re looking forward to bringing some pent up corporate stooge/post COVID energy to the gig!” Mesmeriser.
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SOLD!
Tracklist
SOLD!
Broker of Sin
All in Good Time
Melancholia
Sign Me Up
One of Those Days
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