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Our debut EP, "Ego Friendly" is now available on digital platforms!


Illustration: Kalam Mahardhika

Album Art: Dara Fitriani

 

We are delighted to announce that our debut EP entitled "Ego Friendly" is now out on your favorite digital platforms! We would like to thank:

- Dara Fitriani for providing us with all of our album artwork since the release of our first single, "Mad Mad Woman" this past January

- Haruchika Setiadi of Great Waves Studio for providing us with a recording space, mixing and mastering all of our tracks, and being the best work partner/sound engineer we could have ever asked for

- Dian P. Susilaradeya for being our band photographer, providing us with great quality photos and last but not least;

- to all of you who have streamed our tracks, watched our live shows, and given us your sincere, full, and utmost support


EGO FRIENDLY is MAD MADMEN’S debut EP scheduled to be released on the 1st of March, 2019. The name EGO FRIENDLY was formulated from an inside joke between members, KALAM MAHARDHIKA (Guitars/Vocals), MARVIN MUHAMMAD (Bass/Vocals), and THAREQ SATRIA (Drums/Vocals).


Although deriving from a joke, the essence of the name, EGO FRIENDLY would come to resonate with a certain sense of relatability for all the members of the band. For KALAM and MARVIN, it would mark the culmination of 10 years playing music together, and finally meeting at middle ground in terms of how their differences in personal musical taste would finally assimilate. For THAREQ it would justify his adaptability in terms of gluing the rhythm together, after only joining the band for a few months. Collectively, the EP serves as a humble celebratory benchmark for MAD MADMEN; for it took less than a year for the band to work together and formulate original

compositions and form an uncanny chemistry with one another.


The EP consists of 5 songs, 2 of which have already been published beforehand as singles (MAD MAD WOMAN, and COLD TURKEY). The other three songs included on the EP are: SNAKES IN MY HEAD, FUNKY CHILD, and DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER IF YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW, NATASHA

DEAR?


EGO FRIENDLY also showcases a new compositional dynamic for KALAM and MARVIN in which a ‘bipolar’ element would come into play: KALAM’s compositions (COLD TURKEY, SNAKES IN MY HEAD, and FUNKY CHILD) represents a more funk-rock narrative orientation, where as MARVIN’s compositions (MAD MAD WOMAN and DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER IF YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW. NATASHA DEAR?) represents a more melodic, indie aesthetic.

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