InMe are a band who have expereienced highs and lows. Since they initially stormed the airwaves with “Underdose” from their angsty “Overgrown Eden” back in 2003 they were dropped by their label, waiting a whole two years before being able to release their “White Butterfly” album. Things took a turn for the worse when founding member Joe Morgan departed from the band, leaving them once again unsigned.
On top of this Dave McPherson developed the genetic condition alopecia at the age of only 24, and has lost all of his hair. Despite their problems InMe have regrouped with McPherson’s younger brother Greg on four string duties and returned to the road to support their new album “Daydream anonymous,” released on the independent record label Northern Music.
It’s not hard to understand that the band is obviously very frustrated that they have found themselves back at the Tunbridge Wells Forum. For all the charm the venue has, it is the place responsible for there being such a thing as what touring bands refer to as “the toilet circuit” because the Forum was indeed once a public toilet. A band who had headlined the London Astoria, and were seemingly on the way to bigger and better things have had to make a U turn back to this toilet.
InMe however are determined to make the best of things. The venue is hot and sweaty, and the stage is soaked with beer and the brothers are literally skidding around the stage. Opening their set with “Just a Glimpse” the floor opens and “the pit” emerges and pint sized shirtless teens begin swinging their fists. The room ignites with energy when the band follows it up with crowd pleaser “Underdose” and then move on to showcase their newer material. InMe have vastly matured in recent years, McPherson’s lyrics have gone from teenage angst to the reflections of a young man who has had to overcome a lot. “I won’t let go”and “In Loving memory” get people pogoing in a fashion reminiscent of something “Fallout Boy” would be proud of. The band return to their vintage sound with “Lava Twilight”
Throughout the years InMe have become one of the tightest bands on the circuit, and they’ve long since earned there dues. It’s not uncommon of some fans to want restrict a band to modest success. This isn’t the case for InMe fans, and those in attendance at the Forum leave feeling they have witnessed something a little bit special. Hopefully, the next time we see this band it’ll be in a less humble establishment.