New LP ‘Youth’ Out May 31st.

MEST was formed in 1995 with Tony Lovato, his brother Steve and his cousin Matt in Blue Island, Illinois; a small working-class town on the Southside of Chicago. From the beginning, Tony used that blue collar work ethic to quickly build a dedicated following in the growing Chicago punk rock scene. They released a couple of demos on cassette in 1996 and 1997 and a full length record in 1998. This got the attention of John Feldmann, lead singer and frontman of the punk ska band Goldfinger, who secured them a demo deal with Maverick Records. Seven days after turning the recordings, Maverick signed them to a multi-record deal. MEST released four records with Maverick/Warner Brothers from the year 2000 to 2005, two of which went gold in Japan. The band has spent the last 2 years writing/recording the first of three LP’s which will come out this year with the 1st one titled ‘Youth.’ The first single ‘When We Were Young’ featuring Jaret Reddick of Bowling For Soup will be released April 11th, with the record coming out May 31st. Tony has secured a deal for the upcoming LP to be released on Avex Records in Japan as well as SBAM Records in Europe.

MEST is heading to Europe May 25 through June 9th for a headlining run and festival appearances. When Tony was asked, if you had some up to 28 years of MEST career thus far how would you do it? To which he replied “I don’t know, I mean honestly it feels like we’re just getting started…”

Sun, May 26 @ DrinkDrink, Rue Paepsem 123.8, Brussels, Belgium
w/ Taken Days, Young Enough, Mirabelle

Mon, May 27 @ Goldrube, Eisenschmiede 85, Kassel, Germany
w/ Taken Days

Tue, May 28 @ p.m.k., Viaduktbogen 18/20, Innsbruck, Austria
w/ Taken Days

Thu, May 30 @ Cafe Central Punk Rock Festival (Cafe Central) Weinheim, Germany
Fri, May 31 @ SBAM Fest 2024 (Wels Alter Schlachthof, Dragonerstraße 22, 4600 Wels, Austria, Austria
Sat, Jun 1 @ SBAM Fest 2024 (Im Wizemann, Quellenstraße 7 70376, Stuttgart, Germany)
Sun, Jun 2 @ Club Vaudeville, Von-Behring-Straße 6-8, 88131, Lindau, Germany
w/ Taken Days

Tue, Jun 4 @ Backstage By the Mill, 92 Boulevard de Clichy 75018, Paris, France
w/ Taken Days

Wed, Jun 5 @ New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Road, London
w/ Taken Days

Thu, Jun 6 @ 6:00PM New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Road, London
w/ Taken Days

Fri, Jun 7 @ 7:30PM Pitcher , Oberbilker Allee 29 40215, Düsseldorf Friedrichstadt
w/ Taken Days

Sat, Jun 8 @ Kufa, Langer Garten 1 31137, Hildesheim, Germany
w/ Taken Days, Holly Would Surrender