Meres have turned down the volume a little on their third single ‘Building Humans’ from their forthcoming album ‘Worried Sick’, but the intensity and the passion remain high. According to singer/guitarist Mary Shannon,
This one is a little self-indulgent and is one of the band’s collective favourites – Building Humans is aggressively sad and rough and raw. Triumphant in the space of paralysing vulnerability. Hopefully it speaks to someone that needs it like I did at the time of writing
On entry, the music is dark and ominous underneath Shannon’s soft reflective vocals before barbed-wire guitars etch scything lines in the distance and the chorus enters with a dramatic, anthemic flourish that sets the pulse racing.
There is a rawness in the lyrics that illustrates Shannon’s poetic intensity:
I was caught in a dead end cycle
Waiting to wake up
Waiting until it felt like I was enough
Fevered aching and waiting for my insides to thaw
And maybe this discomfort is all that I’ve been looking for
Meres have an unique style that has a genetic connection to some extent with eighties bands like Concrete Blonde: heavy muscular guitars and dramatic almost operatic vocals.
‘Building Humans’ is out today and available to download and stream via all the usual sites.
Meres’ debut 10-track album WORRIED SICK, Produced by Anna Laverty (Stella Donnelly, Camp Cope), engineered by Ben Simms (A. Swayze & the Ghosts), and mixed by Justin Pizzoferrato (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., The Pixies) is just a week away – out April 25 on vinyl and digital via Bandcamp. Pre-orders are open now.
To celebrate the album release, Meres will hit the stage in May 2025, and it may very well be the last time you see the band in its current configuration:
📍 Launceston – Saturday 3 May @ The Royal Oak with Chamberwoman & Golden Sunbird
📍 Hobart – Saturday 10 May @ The Grand Poobah with Slaughterhaus Surf Cult & HUNKS
Feature Photograph: Cameron Jones
