NEWSFLASH: My Passion to release debut album!

MY PASSION are Laurence René (Vocals, Guitar), Jonathan Gaskin (Drums, Vocals, Electronics), John Be (Guitar) and Simon Rolands (Bass, Synth), four young men with a fearless, rebellious intention, DIY ethics and a genre-smashing electronic induced metallic punk sound. My Passion’s story has only just begun but they are a band set to make 2009 their own…

Born two years ago in the leafy suburbs of Hertfordshire, My Passion have done what all good bands do – toured endlessly, racking up more than 400 shows to date. If there is one sure indication of how a band have struck a chord with their audience then look no further than the bands myspace – over 65,000 friends and over 1,000,000 plays and counting..
Keeping a fiercely independent spirit the band set up their own label Style Suicide Records and released a series of singles – “Tomorrow Girls” produced by Mark Williams (The Killers) sold out 2,000 run in a matter of weeks. Follow up “Booman” topped the indie store charts and then the band hooked up with John Mitchell (Enter Shikari, You Me At Six) for their summer single “Day Of The Bees” a boundary breaking release sold with their My Passion Fashion merchandise (the miniature cd becoming the t-shirts label). Alongside this the band played with the likes of The Automatic, Kill Hannah’s 36 European tour, The Camden Crawl, Robots In Disguise, The Faint, Late Of the Pier and support to a sold out tour by US pop cult act Jeffree Star.
The bands debut album, “Corporate Flesh Party”, shows a band at the height of their powers – driving rhythms and distorted guitar overlaid with electronic hooks and infectious vocals and melodies. From the driving riffs of album opener “Crazy And Me” to the electronica punk tinged “Hot In the Dolls House”, from the infectious melody of “Plastic Flesh Garden” to the drive of album closer “Vultures Are People Too”, the album is a remarkable debut. “Corporate Flesh Party” was produced by John Mitchell. The albukm will be released through Cool Green Recordings (part of the Mascot Records group – John 5, Joe Bonamassa and Volbeat).
Fresh from a sold out UK tour in January/February 2009 supporting Innerpartysystem and MC Rut and March European dates with JM Kane, My Passion have a series of dates across the UK in 2009. More dates tbc
Mon 18th May Corporate Flesh Album Launch Party, London Tues 9th June Music Box 14+, Manchester

Tues 19th May The Steamboat Tavern 16+, Ipswich Weds 10th June B2 Brickmakers 14+, Norwich

Thurs 21st May The Crauford Arms 14+, Milton Keynes Sat 13th June Download Festival, Donnington

Fri 22nd May The Hat Factory 14+, Luton Tues 16th June Cardiff Barfly 14+, Cardiff

Sat 23rd May Liverpool Sound City Festival, Liverpool Thurs 18th June Marss Bar 14+, Worcester

Mon 25th May The Vic Inn 14+, Derby Fri 19th June The Canteen14+,BarrowinFurness Tues 26th May Queens Hotel 14+, Weymouth Sat 20th May Thatched House, Stockport

Sun 31st May The Face Bar 14+, Reading Sun 21st June Town Mill 14+, Mansfield

Tues 2nd June The Grv 14+, Edinburgh Tues 23rd June Man on the Moon 14+, Cambridge

Weds 3rd June Ivory Blacks 14+, Glasgow Weds 24th June The Twist 14+, Colchester

Thurs 4th June 02 Academy 2 14+, Newcastle Thurs 25th June Freebutt 16+, Brighton

Fri 5th June Underground Club at The Priory 14+, Doncaster Fri 26th June St Michaels Church, London

Sat 6th June The Cockpit 14+, Leeds Sat 11th July T in the Park, Glasgow

Sun 7th June Eddies Rock Bar 14+,Birmingham Sun 2nd Aug Underage Festival, London
For doors, stage times and ticket prices please see individual box offices.
My Passion are set to release their album “Corporate Flesh Party” through Cool Green Recordings/ADA on the 25th May 2009.

www.myspace.com/mypassionmusic www.mascotrecords.com