Releasing their new EP in October, Meet Me By Sunrise has gone a long way since they started in 2009. US born frontman, Lan Alexander, stated that the band started when 4 boys got together and won 3rd place in a competition and decided that they’re good enough to start a band of their own. The band got their name when singer, Lan, went to play at a cafe in Bali called “The Sunrise”.
The band consists of lead singer, Lan Alexander also on guitar, Dion Andrew on guitar, synth, keys and back-up vocals, Christophe on bass and back up vocals, last but not least Diandra on drums. This Indonesian based pop-rock band is inspired by international acts such as We the Kings and Mayday Parade. We got a chance to interview Lan and Dion via email separately.
Check it out here:
1. Please tell us your name and what you do in the band?
Lan: my name is Lan and i sing and play guitar for the band meet me by sunrise
Dion: I’m dion, i’m 19, i’m the oldest member of the band and i play guitar, synths/keys, and the chinese fiddle on some occasion
2. For people who don’t know who you guys are, in 5 words how would you describe MMBS?
L: Awesome, party, sex, surreal, stupid
D: Uh, well, i ain’t sure
3. Do you guys have a name for your new EP which will be released on the 7th of October?
L: EP’s self titled, we couldn’t think of a real title and that’s how stupid we are
D: No its gonna be a self-titled EP cos our band name is already sexy enough for the EP tee-hee
4. What can we expect from the new EP?
L: Good, fun, catchy pop-rock stuff we’ve always wanted to put out as musicians
D: Basically easy-listening pop punk tunes with some simple, easy to remember lyrics
5. We heard there’s gonna be a special appearance by other musicians, how stoked are/ were you to work with them?
L: To have Rudye featuring in our ballad track “Frankly My Dear” is totally amazing, he sings a verse so the song gets better when he’s there but when it comes back to my shitty voice, the song goes downhill haha and of course, Rendy Hendrawan is a brilliant songwriter and one of the best one that’s still under the radar
6. We also heard that you guys are having this huge release party, where and when is this taking place and who will be there partying with you guys?
L: SCORE! Cilandak town square this october 8th, BE THERE! it takes place around 3 - 7pm and we have bands like NOW and Leikha to join us and not to mention our friends from Singapore ‘Autumn Atlantic’
D: Yes we are! its going to be around October!! please tell your friends and pleaassee doo come :) a couple of our friends/bands are also playing such as Leikha, Autumn Atlantic and many more!!!
7. What’s your fave song from this EP? And why?
L: My favorite song from the EP would be… Stars? cause it’s a fun pop song that is about our current miss Indo, i wrote this for her as a birthday gift and it ended up being a song off our EP.
D: Jakarta, why?, its the easiest song to play
8. on scale 1 out of 10, how excited are you for this new EP?
L: I guess 10.5, we never put out anything before - so yeah i’m pretty excited.
D: 8 since this is question number 8 wheee 8 ftw!
9. Any message for those people who already called themselves MMBS’ fans?
L:thank you so much for sticking around ever since this started, i was just a kid who writes cheesy love songs in my room 2 years ago (still am actually) but then without any support, we couldn’t have made this happen. thanks so much
D: You guys ain’t our fans, you guys are our friends
10. Any message for those who have yet listened to MMBS?
L: And those who haven’t listened to us, it doesn’t hurt to give us a shot! Hope to see you in shows real sooon.
D: Check us out on facebook.com/meetmebysunrise, follow our twitter twitter.com/meetmebysunrise and call me +62812345678910 (and no that’s not my number)
Meet Me By Sunrise Launching Party/Show
Venue: SCORE! Cilandak Town Square, Jakarta
Time: 3 pm - 7 pm
Bands Performing: Meet Me By Sunrise, Autumn Atlantic, LEIKHA, etc.
SEE YOU THERE!
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