MESH - A Perfect Solution
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After a three year absence, Bristol's hottest underground export in heart-wrenching electronic pop are back.
MESH, the duo of Mark Hockings and Rich Silverthorn, return with "A Perfect Solution", possibly the most mature, mutable and yet toughest album of their career. While no one doubts Mark Hocking's status as an exceptional vocalist, a complete listen to this album also serves to highlight the band's songwriting and arrangement skills. Once pegged as a purely retro synth act, MESH have mutated into a true live band, and the resulting versatility in the arrangements transforms what might have merely been eleven good songs into absolutely outstanding ones.
Thematically, "A Perfect Solution" is a bit darker than previous releases. The tone of the album is typified by "If We Stay Here", a tale of broken relationships between people who once loved each other, but who now just exist in the same space. The massive housing façade pictured on the cover further symbolizes the painful dramas that take place behind its windows. The wires running throughout the artwork are both safety lines and shackles - anything but "A Perfect Solution".
Were the album musically as dismal and hopeless as it is lyrically, "A Perfect Solution" might be too much to handle, but luckily MESH know how to strike the delicate balance between bitter and sweet.
This is sure to be one top releases of 2009, coming from a band that both Jo and I love!!
| Mesh | A Perfect Solution | £12.75 | ||
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Format CD Tracklisting 01. If We Stay Here 02. Only Better 03. Everything I Made 03. Is It So Hard? 04. Hold It Together 05. It's Gone 06. How Long? 07. Who Says? 08. Hope.Dreams. 09. Want You 10. The Bitter End Record Label Dependent Release Date 23rd Oct 2009 Click here to order | |||
| Mesh | A Perfect Solution [Deluxe Edition] | £28.50 | ||
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Review This deluxe edition of the album comes as a strictly limited collector's box set which includes the album, a 7" single with two exclusive tracks, a poster and a special oversized 48-page booklet. Format Limited CD+7" Vinyl Box Set Tracklisting CD:- 01. If We Stay Here 02. Only Better 03. Everything I Made 03. Is It So Hard? 04. Hold It Together 05. It's Gone 06. How Long? 07. Who Says? 08. Hope.Dreams. 09. Want You 10. The Bitter End 7" Single:- A. Only Better (Ollie's Mix) B. Hold and Restrain Record Label Dependent Release Date 23rd Oct 2009 Click here to order | |||
| Other Mesh titles
available :- Mesh - Fragile  Mesh - Fragmente 2  Mesh - In This Place Forever  Mesh - London Ticket (Sat 28th Nov 2009)  Mesh - On this Tour Forever  Mesh - Only Better  Mesh - Original 91 - 93  Mesh - The Point At Which It Falls Apart  Mesh - The World's a Big Place [Limited Collector's Edition]  Mesh - We Collide  Mesh - We Collide  Mesh - We Collide Tour - The World's a Big Place  Mesh - Wolverhampton Ticket (Sun 29th Nov 2009)  | ||||