Alive / My Time Again / Tonight / Sometimes / Ba Ba Song / Do It Like You Mean It / Take What You Want / By My Side / Going Out / Maggie / Painting Pictures / Harmonica Song

NEDE

Despite the best efforts of the likes of Busted and McFly in recent years to take punk-pop and spew it into a meaningless cash cow of manufactured and soul destroying drivel, it's refreshing to see bands out there still doing it with attitude and style.  On the surface, The Random aren't doing anything radically different or fresh; there's nothing here that's going to push things forward or break new ground, originality and innovation don't seem to be that high on the agenda here.  It's only when the songs hit you and you get that wide eyed grin spreading all over your face that The Random start to make sense, these are songs with pop hooks so big they threaten to block out the sun.

With the opening sugar pop rush of ALIVE, The Random speedily lay their cards on the table, declaring themselves a band capable of writing the most uplifting and bouncy pop tunes imaginable.  With a chorus thats going to take an industrial sized pick axe to pry from your brain, the band deftly manage to combine all the best bits from Green Day, Blink 182 and the Goo Goo Dolls into two and a half minutes of pure punk pop perfection.  While things from herein may not necessarily deviate from those first two and a half minutes, it's a testament to the charm and magnetism of The Random that they manage to keep things interesting and addictive for the rest of the record.  Songs like MY TIME AGAIN and BA BA SONG do the punk pop thing beautifully, dropping in all the right riffs and nuances with deliciously paced precision - Mick Beirne bashing out those powerchords and hitting the choruses with a mixture of teenage angst and aggressive poise.  Even when the band practically steal the melody from Green Day's Good Riddance on TONIGHT, they still manage to win you over by sheer force of will and rampant infectiousness.

Title track DO IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT erupts with an insistent guitar riff and tightly wound powerchords, Mick Beirne spitting out the melodies, the whole thing sounding like The Jam brawling with Oasis.  The tender acoustic BY MY SIDE provides the records obligatory lighters in the air moment and lets Beirne show off his warm and sensitive side whilst the boisterous PAINTING PICTURES is a barrage of snappy riffs and frenetic drum beats.

DO IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT is an album that announces The Random as a band more than worthy of your attention; tightly crafted pop songs that bristle like Green Day getting up close and personal with The Jam.

BIOGRAPHY

THE RANDOM, great big no-nonsense, giant chorused music for the masses, with glorious hooks and choruses that anyone can hum..... While their tracks are musically diverse they all have one thing in common - they are written and performed by The Random, a band that have a great live reputation with their upbeat melodic sounds and heartfelt vocals.

THE RANDOM ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM "DO IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT" the debut album from The Random is released on 24 June 2007 and the first single off the album "TONIGHT" will be released on 18 June 2007.

"You're the best looking audience we've played for" beams frontman Mick Beirne, "give yourselves a round of applause". Its not just the charm that The Random are laying on tonight. Sounding immediately familiar, its clear that this rocking four piece have something different, effortlessly combining fun with sheer expertise as well as the odd quick beverage along the way. "Do It Like You Mean It" is sock rocking stuff whilst "Harmonica Song" is a yearning slice of melancholy. The Random's diversity explodes with "Maggie", a gut -bursting punk number and a mating call for all inebriated dancers. Whilst Beirne has a glint in his eye its clear that he believes in his band. As the night draws on and the windows steam streams onto the sills ,one last question for the lads..."Describe The Random in five words". Guitarist Tim Eyles counts, "The most fun you can have with your clothes on." "That's ten words" laughs Beirne. "We can't get everything right" jokes Eyles. The Teo Miller Produced Album is released on 24 June 2007.

The Random are four young men who quite frankly couldn't care less about fashion, about musical trends, about all the hype and manufactured angst surrounding certain "artistes" we could mention. After all when you've got a guitar in your hands and you're not afraid to use it who cares what colour your shoes are? Give us substance and energy over style any day of the week (and you can quote us on that).

What we do care about are the songs. We're talking about big songs with big choruses that you can sing along or wave a lighter to. Songs with hearts on their sleeves and soul in their melodies and passion in every stride. Songs that strike a chord with everybody who's ever sweated or laughed or cried. Songs that sound instantly familiar yet transcend the ordinary. Songs that are perfectly capable of floating like butterflies or stinging like bees but are much more likely to buy you a pint instead.

Yes, the world needs The Random - and your heart and ears will soon tell you why.

LINE UP

Mick Beirne

Tim Eyles

Dave Simpson

DISCOGRAPHY

DO IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT (Nede>2007)

Alive

My Time Again

Tonight

Sometimes

Ba Ba Song

Do It Like You Mean It

Take What You Want

By My Side

Going Out

Maggie

Painting Pictures

Harmonica Song

LINKS

The Random>www.therandommusic.com

FURTHER LISTENING

Green Day

The Jam

The Goo Goo Dolls