InMe
The Pride
Graphite Records - out now

IT makes you feel old when you realise that InMe's debut album came out NINE YEARS ago.

Very much a product of the nu-metal and young British rock explosion of the early Noughties, InMe are a band which a lot of people did not expect to last.

They even realised a 'best of' two years ago. Despite this 'The Pride' does not sound like an album churned out as a way of making money (even though that's partly the point - the band are involved with an initiative called Pledge Music which helps raise cash for charity).

I think this is a love letter to their fans who have stuck by them for so long. Opening track 'Reverie Shores' has, I'm sure, already been an enormous success on their recent 35-date tour, which culminates with a gig at Cardiff's Club Ifor Bach on Friday, March 30 (get your tickets now, that's going to be a good gig).

They're also selling an extensive range of merchandise which will partly go towards charity too.