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Rock Sound! Mag: August Issue

Reviewed By: Rock Sound

There's a small cloud of powder drifting across the 'Winneabego'. "That'll have to do," Liz the make-up artist smiles, putting down her brush and giving up on the doomed attempt to hide rock sound's sunburn. On the Toronto street outside, the cameras are waiting and Ray the cameraman is making one more effort to remind the extras what we have to do. It's easy. "When you hear the riff you lean into the camera and say "It's all over now" -Just the way he does in the song. You got that?

Of course "It's all over na-ha-ha-how." What could be simpler? Except, when there's a camera ion your face, walking and talking at the same time suddenly becomes rather tricky. Especially when you've sent the last two days watching InMe make this look like the most natural thing in the world.

Which is impressive, because InMe -drummer Simon Taylor, bassist Joe Morgan and vocalist Dave McPherson - Definitely aren't veterans. Simon's 18, Joe and Dave are both 19, rock sound caught up with them filming their second video 'FireFly', and yesterday we saw them do the same for their debut single 'Underdose'. By now you probably know that one.

There's a stage set up on what looks like a building site, glittery clouds of white ash are catching the sun in the foreground and in the background the band are jumping like firecrackers as the Nirvana-esque riffs blast out around them. Within a few seconds of the shoot Joe has fallen on some glass strewed concrete, and within a few minutes Dave has swallowed about half a pint of ash as he uncomplainingly mouths the lyrics over and over again.

Instead of this, though, what shows up on film is nothing but pure energy and the beginnings of something big. Mind you, for hundreds of fans around the world, the InMe story began months ago. Downloads of the grungy 'Lava Twilight' and the slow, melancholic 'Ice Warm' have been beating allcomers on Audiogalaxy and mp3.com ever since they appeared. A year ago InMe were wondering if they were the best band in Brentwood, Essex; Now they've got a record deal (with Music For Nations) and they are being filmed by the crew that did Cyclefly's last single, not to mention Shaggy's 'Luv Me, Luv Me'.

"The turning point was when we entered the 'Harlow Battle of the Bands' and we got to the final," says Dave during a brief break. "We didn't win, but as we got through each round of the competition, we started to realise that we were appealed to people. Before that i suppose it was more of a hobby. We got to the point where we couldn't believe we were beating all these bands, as some of them were great." "there were moments in the quarter finals and semi finals, when we were almost walking out the door thinking we were already out," laughs Joe.

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT

You get the feeling that InMe still can't believe they've made it this far. Before the night time 'Firefly' shoot they're having their first day off and we're standing hundreds of feet up at the observation point of Toronto's famous CN tower. There's nothing between us and the distant earth but a few feet of reinforced glass, and Dave is being cruelly taunted by small children who insist on jumping up and down as he shudders nervously.
In any other band all three members could plausibly claim the title of 'the sensitive one' bit in InMe Dave is unassailable. You only have to listen to his lyrics to know that. There are more references to death and suicide on their debut album 'Overgrown Eden' than in most novels.

"That can be metaphorical," he protests over lunch. "A lot of it is about changing yourself."

But a song like 'Firefly' - "it's all over now, you've killed me"?

He shuffles uncomfortably. It's kind of a personal thing. I'm sure it'll come out at some point but... it's quite a sad story."

It starts out as a love song doesn't it? And then it all goes horribly wrong?
"Kind of, yeah," he says reluctantly. "But it's not really from my perspective. It's about something that happened. It's quite true when it says 'you've killed me'."

Literally? "Yeah," he says unhappily. "Yeah. Someone died basically. It definitely means something." he continues, desperate to talk about something else. "But there're other songs like (album track) 'Natural' which is just about promising not to overindulge in booze, promising to stay natural. Not getting into the world of getting drunk every day." You don't believe in that version of rock'n'roll lifestyle? "I believe in rock 'n' roll" he sais firmly. "But I believe that it's what you want it to be. Music is my life and if you're rock 'n' roll you don't need to get wasted."

IT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN

If the first sign of InMe’s potential came with their phenomenal word-of-mouth success on the internet there’s another sign here. The ‘Firefly’ shoot is set up on a shiny, prosperous street in Toronto’s financial district. It’s the middle of the night, but there are still people around: a starstruck family from Glasgow, a few drunken businessmen and a lugubrious middle-aged policeman.

One by one, as the film crew repeatedly blasts out ‘Firefly’, everybody within hearing distance is hooked. By the end even the cop is nodding his head to the slow-burning, chugging rift and Dave’s hoarse, almost fearful scream. But it’s still hard to see how you can mouth “It’s all over now, you’ve killed me” over and over again without doing something to your brain. Maybe it’s just as well that those of us that are extras don’t know the full story. “I try to feel the emotion behind it every time” Dave shrugs. “By really going for it you still release the endorphins.”

“Its kind of contradictory,” explains Joe. “The songs can be really uplifting. Dave might be singing about something really painful but it can have happy connotations as well.”

“If it was really about dying I suppose I’d have done it by now!” he laughs wryly.

“Its all over na-ha-ha-how”, then, except it isn’t. For InMe its hardly got started.

My Reply: This is a great review, but they could've eased up on Dave abit!

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