izard ▁King ▁Records ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁UK ▁to ▁record ▁their ▁debut ▁album . ▁ ▁After ▁supporting ▁T win ▁Atlantic , ▁King ▁Charles , ▁E van esc ence , ▁Kas ab ian ▁and ▁Pan ic ! ▁at ▁the ▁Dis co , ▁the ▁band ▁released ▁their ▁debut ▁mini - album ▁" An other ▁Story ▁High " ▁early ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁and ▁the ▁full - length ▁album ▁" E ven ▁the ▁O dd ▁On es ▁Out " ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁Both ▁these ▁releases ▁were ▁recorded ▁by ▁Simon ▁‘ Bar ny ’ ▁Bar nic ott . ▁ ▁The ▁band ▁c ite ▁numerous ▁and ▁wide ▁r anging ▁influ ences ▁r anging ▁from ▁Led ▁Ze ppel in , ▁Queen , ▁The ▁Mars ▁Vol ta , ▁Muse , ▁Radio head , ▁and ▁The ▁Beat les , ▁to ▁Rach man ino ff , ▁Philip ▁G lass ▁and ▁American ▁film ▁composer ▁D anny ▁El f man . ▁The ▁band ▁were ▁also ▁influenced ▁by ▁the atr ical ▁performance ▁and ▁their ▁live ▁shows ▁often ▁featured ▁additional ▁on - stage ▁mus icians ▁such ▁as ▁drum ▁tr oup es , ▁viol in ists , ▁vocal ▁cho irs , ▁orch est ras , ▁d anc ers ▁and ▁other ▁guest ▁perform ers . ▁The ▁band ’ s ▁name ▁was ▁originally ▁written ▁as ▁[ Me ] ▁but ▁a ▁decision ▁was ▁made ▁to ▁remove ▁the ▁square ▁brackets ▁and ▁is ▁now ▁most ▁commonly ▁written ▁as ▁ME . ▁The ▁band ▁name ▁itself ▁has ▁led ▁to ▁press ▁articles ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁band ▁as ▁‘ The