Males are a Dunedin pop band. Guitar pop. They call it ‘garage pop’, or ‘beach pop’, but it seems more than that. Insanely catchy short songs, crammed with melody, propulsive guitar, helium vocals & harmonies. It's power‐pop on a sugar diet, with serious themes.
Guitarist/ songwriter/ vocalist Richard Ley‐Hamilton writes miniature sing‐long anthems combining earworm chorus hooks with sparkling precision guitar work. Bassist Sam Valentine punctuates Males’ songs with propulsive, overdriven bass runs. In his spare time he also plays drums with Dunedin floral popsters, and fellow Fishrider Records band, Trick Mammoth.
Is this an album, a mini-album or a double EP with an extra single? It’s all these things. Four of the 9 songs here are from ‘MalesMalesMales’ – their debut EP, recorded and released online in 2012 along with a very limited 7” lathe‐cut. ‘So High’ was their 2013 single and ‘Run Run Run’ was to be their next 4‐song EP