News : You’re Only Massive Split
In a remarkably good-natured move, Waterford’s You’re Only Massive have announced they no longer plan a future for their group. Megan revealed the news a few hours ago through the trusty MySpace blog channels, promising to honour scheduled Irish dates before a final gig with Queen Kong at Trickster in Berlin on 26 July - which gives my heart a little wobble - genuine shock factor surrounds You’re Only Massive’s decision to call it a day as a new record with Queen Kong, Dot Dash, is due for release in less than a month. Interesting details here on the QK blog.
We are at a crossroads, just like the seminal Britney Spears movie Crossroads.
I am more interested in trying to develop my writing and dedicate a chunk of my life to that, while Maebh is eager as a beaver to develop musically. I will continue to contribute to Y.O.M., beginning with a Y.O.M. zine, which will be out around the time Dot-Dash comes out.
For once the OHR black lace mantilla will stay in its case. I’m not sad to say goodbye Maebh and Megan, they’re bright, creative and attuned, a simple hybrid of text/melody blossoming to maturity. You know it’s not the last we’ll hear of them…but wasn’t it nice to know this incarnation?
July 18th, 2008 at 7:48 am
That’s a real shame, seemed like things were really starting to take off for them. It’d be great to see more all female bands getting more profile.
July 19th, 2008 at 2:04 am
shame, but what next..?
July 19th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Things were indeed moving for YOM, maybe that’s why they left it at a successful point….
It’s very interesting on the two sides of music and writing.
The new release with Queen Kong isn’t a standard split record of seperate groups but rather seperate genres, skipping between different styles of music performed by You’re Only Massive and QK (who are an indescribable phenomena of their own). That’s an adventurous new motion on the musical side and Maebh must be excited.
The other aspect, words. Megan won the Cuisle Poet of 2007 award and recently sat her Leaving Cert. She’s chosen to step towards writing. Brilliant. She can deliver light and depth in a place inhabited by Anne Enwrights and Sheila Flanagans. We need sexy, gritty writing.
Let’s see what happens but ‘next’ is the keyword. You know there’ll be solo developments.
August 7th, 2008 at 11:07 am
[…] Unless you’ve been crouched under a rock for the last week, word of the HWCH 2008 has reached your ears. For an alphabetical start we’ve got Angel Pier, BATS and Chequerboard, although I’m unsure why the alphabetically-last contender You’re Only Massive are still listed despite their recent split. […]