ME REX share new single “Giant Giant Giant”
London and Brighton-based trio ME REX have released their latest single “Giant Giant Giant”, taken from their upcoming debut album Giant Elk, which is set for release on 20 October via Big Scary Monsters.
The track showcases the collective's unique blend of introspective lyricism, surging, gargantuan hooks and soundscapes. It's a beautifully crafted song that explores themes of friendship, forgiveness, loss and joy, wrapped in sweeping metaphors of alchemy and mythology. The accompanying video was made by ME REX's own Myles McCabe and his brother Max McCabe, with handmade puppets both playing out the track and acting out the shadow of an Arthurian epic.
McCabe on the video for “Giant Giant Giant”:
“When it came to making a video for “Giant Giant Giant” I knew we didn’t have a lot to spend but I wanted to create something that was visually engaging that could help expand the world surrounding ME REX. I love all things fantasy so there was never really any question that the visual aesthetics would take cues from the Lord of the Rings, The Dark Crystal, Adventure Time and Dungeons and Dragons. I also wanted to shoot for the balance of creepiness, deep lore and fun you find in Steven Universe, The Midnight Gospel and Over the Garden Wall.”
“I developed stories for Phoebe [Cross] and Rich [Mandell] that each used simple imagery to tell familiar stories. Phoebe comes across a vicious snake, is presented with a sword and slays the monster. Rich sees a meteor crash to earth and goes on a journey to find it, he is knocked off course by a wave but ends up reaching his destination and finds the meteorite is a crown. Eventually I decided that it was enough for my character to sit on a mushroom, read a book and sing the song.”
ME REX defies genre boundaries and typical song structures, while touching on themes of friendship, forgiveness, loss and joy wrapped in sweeping metaphors of alchemy and mythology. Across the bands catalogue they weave in influences taken from art and lore, from the idea of “comets as harbingers of change and gateways to other realms” to ancient foundational narratives and their real-world reflections, managing to shape them into something closer to modern humanity.
On Giant Elk, ME REX play into their penchant for storytelling by exploring what it means to be human in various different forms following a story of “continual fracturing and regeneration, illustrating the process of growing through loss and grief, set against the backdrop of societal and climate collapse.” The result? Eleven earworm tracks that deliver a catharsis that you’ll keep wanting to discover over and over again. The band will be supporting the release of Giant Elk with a UK tour in November, kicking off in Brighton at Green Door Store.
Save the date for Giant Elk and watch the video for “Giant Giant Giant”:
Upcoming UK Tour
Friday 17 November - Green Door Store, Brighton
Saturday 18 November - Moth Club, London
Sunday 19 November - The Exchange, Bristol
Monday 20 November - Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
Tuesday 21 November - Gullivers, Manchester
Wednesday 22 November - Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
Thursday 23 November - Broadcast, Glasgow
Friday 24 November - Wharf Chambers, Leeds
ME REX are comprised of Myles McCabe (guitar/keys/vocals), Phoebe Cross (drums/vocals) and Rich Mandell (bass/keys/vocals/production).
