An Chéad "Chas" don ár EP

Idir sé agus seacht a chlog anocht, bhí "Caffeine Dreams", "La Maitresse" agus "Fluid Flow" ón "Par Avion EP ar Radio Na Life. Buíochas mór le Pearse! Bhí tú an-cinéalta na hamhráin sin a casadh ar do chlár. Táimid an-bródúil go raibh muid ar stáisiún lán-Gaeilge!

Par Avion EP launch - 4 Dame Lane, Dublin

Thanks to Star Crossed Enemies, Oisin Robinson and Peter Morrow for the gig and organisation.

Dublin City FM 103.2 Indie Hour

Aoife from The Indie Hour on 103.2 Dublin City FM had us in for a chat and to play the EP in full. Aoife does the talkie bits on Nialler9's excellent podcast. MOM feature on the latest of these - #21 - which can be downloaded directly from Nialler9's site or you can subscribe to it on iTunes.

RTE.ie Music Review of Par Avion EP

'If you're looking for something a little different (and better), the Mail Order Messiahs should be among your first ports of call. The Galway born/Dublin based alternative/electric indie pop duo have just released 'Par Avion', a four-track EP and, I'm happy to report, it's beatsy and blippy in all the right places but also melodic, musical and beautiful. A first release that boasts style and substance in the shape of four brilliantly crafted blends of trippy pop and gorgeous melodies that bodes very well for the future. That's not to say it's just 'promising' either - it's plain old 'really good'. Go get one'.

RTE (Brendan Cole)

2FM Session Broadcast

Mail Order Messiahs have been chosen by State Magazine as one of the Irish acts 'liable to make you more excited about the coming musical year than any other'.

Read the magazine here or download as a pdf.

Among the other acts chosen as ones to watch were the excellent Heathers and The Parks.

MAIL ORDER MESSIAHS

Michael and Darren released the dreamy electro-pop ‘Par Avion’ EP in November, so-called because the pair lived in different parts of the country and would send lyrics, demos, mixes and rewrites through snail mail.

State - What was the strangest thing that happened to you last year?

MOM - “We were in total silence with a minidisc at the door of Asylum studios, recording the street noise of Abbey Street, hoping a Luas wouldn’t wreck the take. The results can be heard on ‘Stalin’s Friend Dies’. At present, we’re trying to make contact with the rather worse-for-wear couple whose 14-minute blazing row we were lucky enough to digitally capture forever. Once they are successfully located, the royalty cheque will be winging its way.”

Unfortunately State will no longer be available in print format, it is 'shifting its focus wholly to State.ie, which will now become the hub of all activity with reviews, interviews, mp3s, news etc'. The print format, as an outstanding publication, will indeed be sorely missed and we wish the editors and team the best of luck with the online venture.

Mail Order Messiahs Summer Tour 09

MOM had a great summer playing material from 'Plain' for the first time live in:

Whelans (Dublin) - July 19,
Dolans (Limerick)- July 24,
Greystones Theatre (Greystones) - July 31,
Kytelers Inn (Kilkenny) - August 15
Roisin Dubh (Galway) - August 17
Stables (Mullingar) - August 21
Pavilion (Cork) - August 27

Some images from the tour:

MOM appeared on the excellent Irish language show Splanc on Newstalk. We played 2 songs from our forthcoming album Plain - 'Caffeine Dreams' and 'La Maitresse'. Listen to our performance and interview (in English) in full here.

Launch of MOM debut 'Plain'

Mail Order Messiahs officially launched our debut album 'Plain' at Hard Working Class Heroes 2009 with a gig in Think Tank. Click here to find out how to get a copy.