3.5 years after the last studio album 'A Perfect Solution', MESH are now back with a new album. 'Automation Baby' will be released March 15 in two versions. The standard edition includes the album as single CD in a jewel case. The limited edition will be released in a digibox and in addition to the album, comes with a 5-track single in a slim case, a full metal pin as well as two stickers. The track-listing of the bonus cd is not known yet. Both versions can be pre-ordered as of now. Please consider that only purchases from Amazon expressly count for the charts.
Tracklisting
01. Just Leave Us Alone
02. Taken For Granted
03. You Want What's Owed To You
04. Automation Baby
05. AB Incidental No. 1
06. This Is The Time
07. The Way I Feel
08. Adjust Your Set
09. Born To Lie
10. AB Incidental No. 2
11. Flawless
12. Never Meet Your Heroes
13. When The City Breathes
14. You Couldn't See This Coming
The album thematically deals with intimate stories of a fictive female protagonist, standing for a whole generation being electronically connected. A generation that is unbridled consuming and changed virtual friendship to real ones. But not only those current topic make the album worth listening. On the album, one musical gem is following the next: the calm 'Just leave us alone', cracking 'Taken For Granted', poppy-rhythmic 'Adjust Your Set' or club oriented 'Whats Owed To You' show many facets of the album and prove, that the successful first single 'Born to Lie' was no one-hit wonder. Also within calm moment like during hymnic 'You Could Not See This Coming' where charismatic voice of Mark Hockings is dominating, the great songwriting and solid base of the songs is shown. The whole album finally is topped by the title track ear worm 'Automation Baby' whis is also available at the eight track bonus CD of the limited edition in several remix-versions.
The following video gives a few insights into the creative process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MObotdZyGPQ. The album was produced by Olaf Wollschläger who already worked with bands like MELOTRON, SEABOUND of IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.
The album will be finally introduced live to the audience during a headliner tour starting end of March: Here are all dates:
22.03.2013 Berlin, Columbia Club
23.03.2013 Erfurt, HSD Gewerkschaftshaus
30.03.2013 Bristol, The Fleece
05.04.2013 Hamburg, Markthalle
06.04.2013 Göteborg, The Brewhouse
09.04.2013 Hannover, Musikzentrum
10.04.2013 Köln, Live Music Hall
12.04.2013 Bochum, Matrix
13.04.2013 Leipzig, Werk II
14.03.2013 München, Backstage
15.04.2013 Wien (A), Szene
16.04.2013 Straßburg, La Laiterie
17.04.2013 Frankfurt, Batschkapp
19.04.2013 Newcastle Upon Tyne, Legends
20.04.2013 Manchester, Sound Control
21.04.2013 London, 02 Academy
13.09.2013 Madrid (E), Sala Heineken
14.09.2013 Barcelona (E), Sala Apolo
Source: Press Release
