CMON CMON

CMON CMON’s adventure took flight when they released an EP. They sent demos to the Grammy Award-nominated, platinum-selling producer Alex Newport (Death Cab For Cutie, Bloc Party), expecting to hear nothing back. In fact, Alex adored them and was immediately on board. They enlisted legendary, London-based music manager Stephen Budd (Tony Visconti, Gang Of Four, Heaven 17, The Magic Numbers) the same way. One listen to CMON CMON’s addictive, dreamy, storytelling rock and the industry veteran was hooked. A three-track EP self-released last year exceeded all expectations. Critics adored it – ‘CMON CMON make a heavenly racket that conjures up a lock-in with REM, the Lemonheads and Teenage Fanclub’ wrote The Sunday Times. In America, the songs caught on at college radio, making the charts in 21 states with next to no promotion. A dumbstruck CMON CMON agreed to play a handful of gigs in Belgium and abroad. The reaction convinced them that they were a real band despite all still having their day jobs and lots of labels came calling. Earlier this year, they signed a worldwide deal with Renaissance Records US in Phoenix, Arizona. With an album already recorded between Trypoul Studios in the Netherlands and Newport’s Future Shock Studio in L.A., all they needed was to name it. The Crack and The Light reflects the nature of the songs, all of which are true stories. They’re quite dark and twisted with lots going wrong, but what connects them is hope. That’s the crack and the light.