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In the music industry, it\u2019s a commonly known fact that you need to play the waiting game; to have the patience for that tour to come along, that breakthrough moment and so on. In the case of Press To MECO<\/strong>, it was waiting to release their second full-length album, \u2018Here\u2019s To The Fatigue\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n Initially recorded in late 2016 in Austin, Texas with renowned producer Machine (Lamb of God, Clutch, Every Time I Die, Four Year Strong), the South London trio would spend much of 2017 finding a label to release the record before deciding to self-release the record. With a November release date pencilled in, the band went through the usual pre-album release run-up traits; the music video, doing press etc. Then two weeks before its release, Marshall Records, one of several labels they had spoken to previously, contacted the band with an offer they couldn\u2019t refuse.<\/p>\n \u201cSteve [Tannett – Marshall Records director] called us up and said ‘a bunch of stuff has changed. I really think we can work well together and help the band\u2019,\u201d<\/em> explains guitarist Luke Caley. \u201cWe met up and we were sceptical because of how things were before. The way the label was set up back then wasn\u2019t really aligned with what we were about and what we felt could benefit the band. We sat down and after an hour or two-hour meeting, we came away feeling it was the right thing to do. This is going to make the album bigger then if we self-released it. It\u2019s worth pulling it and rescheduling.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Despite being together for the best part of eight years, Press To MECO<\/strong> are still considered as an emerging band, touring as much as possible alongside living normal lives. Nevertheless, the prospect of working with a brand as recognisable as Marshall meant the band\u2019s potentially long-term future had stability.<\/p>\n \u201cWe needed a deal that would make the band grow, so we needed something that was going to support us,\u201d<\/em> states bassist Adam Roffey. \u201cA lot of things we were offered before wouldn\u2019t have worked. If we saw a future in being an active band, then we needed an offer that was viable and helped us out and Marshall has given us that.\u201d<\/em> While Caley goes on to say, \u201cI think with Marshall, the infrastructure is there and the scope and potential is there to support us over a few albums.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n With one eye on the future, their immediate outlook is on ‘Here\u2019s To The Fatigue\u2019<\/em>. Over the course of eight years, Caley, Roffey and drummer Lewis Williams have moulded a melting pot of sounds around three-part harmonies. On ‘Here\u2019s To\u2026\u2019<\/em>, the trio have honed in on their best attributes, creating a record that shines with towering choruses, fiery riffs, bold percussion and more. Overall, it is the sound of a band refusing to be pigeonholed to a specific sound or trend, even though it\u2019s not deliberate as Luke explains.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s not something we\u2019ve intentionally done. We\u2019ve naturally found this space that we sit in where ‘this is what we do\u2019 and this is the music we\u2019re passionate about. I think our biggest asset is that we sound a little bit different, but it\u2019s also our biggest Achilles\u2019 heel because people like to pigeonhole things, so they don\u2019t know if they like it or not. I think sometimes we get overlooked because we\u2019re a bit in the middle of things.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n On ‘Here\u2019s To The Fatigue\u2019<\/em>, Adam, Luke and Lewis have organically grown their sound with no agenda. While \u201cdifferent\u201d<\/em> ideas have been presented, by the time they go through what Luke refers to as \u201cthe Press To MECO machine\u201d<\/em>, those ideas end up being in PTM\u2019s mould.<\/p>\n \u201cThe new album basically feels like the most accomplished version of what we\u2019re trying to do,\u201d<\/em> Luke tells us. \u201cWe haven\u2019t purposely tried to go anywhere new or to make a statement with a new sound. Where that has happened, it\u2019s naturally come into how we\u2019re writing. We\u2019ve been like ‘this is cool and a bit different\u2019 but we\u2019ve gone with it. It\u2019s whatever feels good.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Although the band\u2019s sound, according to Luke might be \u201ca bit marmite\u201d<\/em>, it has granted them a plethora of touring opportunities in recent months. Amongst them are tours with \u201ccult tech metal heroes\u201d<\/em> SikTh, \u201c<\/em>proggy alternative rock band\u201d<\/em> Arcane Roots and several other names in the burgeoning UK rock scene.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel quite privileged we can play on so many different kinds of bills. We love seeing so many different kinds of bands. I would get tired if we were a certain genre band and we kept on playing the exact same bills all the time,\u201d<\/em> says Luke as he hints at the band\u2019s need to keep things fresh, a trait that has affected the songs from ‘Here\u2019s To The Fatigue\u2019<\/em> in recent months.<\/p>\n Although written in 2016, the factors of a delayed release and not playing a majority of the record live has meant the 11 songs that make up the album still feel new. \u201cWe still need to get together and start figuring out how to play the other half of the album,\u201d<\/em> Luke explains with Adam going on to say \u201cwhen you\u2019re not practising them and you\u2019re not listening to them all the time, it\u2019s still fresh. There is also the scope for how the new songs are going to work live.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cThe new album basically feels like the most accomplished version of what we\u2019re trying to do\u201d<\/h1>\n