MEKO BRAIN, THE NEW SOLO PROJECT FROM MIKE O’BRIEN (ZEUS), SHARES FIRST SINGLE VIA VICTORY POOL RECORDS
Meko Brain is a fantastic new solo project from Mike O’Brien. Keen observers of Canadian indie music will know his work through an impressive list of projects, first and foremost his long-running pop outfit Zeus, which since 2009 has produced an encyclopedic style of pop/rock music, and they’ve amassed a pile of much-loved albums on the venerable Arts & Crafts label. And you’ve likely seen him as a sideman with other Canadian stalwarts such as Dan Mangan, Bahamas, and Jason Collett.
He’s unveiled his first single, “Anyone Else’s Eyes”, which features patiently unfurling nylon-string guitar chords and a hushed, earnest vocal espousing the merits of a multi-faceted worldview. A fitting introduction for an artist whose own multifacetedness, brings to mind both Canadian contemporaries such as Sandro Perri, Michael Feuerstack, and Peter Elkas, as well as history’s true titans of song.
“I think we can all benefit from the old adage of walking a mile in someone else’s shoes,” says O’Brien. “It has to be possible to step back and zoom out and try to see someone else’s point of view. The easiest way to adopt this mentality for me is to apply it to my immediate personal relationships. In a sort of montage way, I think I wanted to express this idea/feeling in the song.”
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