ME. Shares Powerful New Single “Sun Poison”

July 24, 2026 Eugene Tierney

ME.
Shares Powerful New Single “Sun Poison“

Debut Album ALL GOOD THINGS Out This Friday

Long Island Album Release Show Set for July 23

New Project from Mark O’Connell and Eddie Reyes, founding members formerly of Taking Back Sunday

JULY 21, 2026 [New York, NY] — “There are no shortcuts to healing.” That’s the central realization at the heart of “Sun Poison,” the gripping third single from ME.‘s debut album ALL GOOD THINGS, out independently this Friday, July 24. “‘Sun Poison’ explores the contrast between the happiness we’re taught to chase and the emotions we often carry beneath the surface,” the band says. “It’s about accepting uncertainty and finding the strength to keep moving forward even when the path ahead isn’t clear.”

While many of ME.‘s songs begin with a guitar idea from either Mark O’Connell or Eddie Reyes, “Sun Poison” took a completely different path. O’Connell arrived at the studio with a simple challenge: start with the drums and let the song reveal itself from there.

After recording the drum tracks, O’Connell asked Reyes to write and record two guitar riffs to a specific tempo before Reyes headed back to Ohio. From there, O’Connell and producer Chris Bittner (Coheed And Cambria, Straylight Run, Meshell Ndegeocello), spent the remaining sessions piecing the song together, shaping the arrangement from the ground up. By the time the instrumental was finished, it felt expansive and complete musically, but there was still no roadmap for the vocal melodies. That challenge ultimately fell to vocalist/guitarist Mike Jansen.

Working from the finished instrumental, Jansen crafted melodies and lyrics that transformed the experiment into one of the album’s defining moments. The result is a song that not only pushes the band creatively but perfectly embodies the spirit of ALLGOODTHINGS: taking risks, trusting one another, and discovering something unexpected in the process.

Sun Poison

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ME. – “Sun Poison” Video

To celebrate the release of ALLGOODTHINGS, ME. will headline an album release show on July23 at Amityville Music Hall (198 Broadway Amityville, NY 11701), giving fans the first opportunity to experience the new songs live just one day before the album officially arrives.

ME.’s Album release show at Long Island, NY’s Amityville Music Hall on July 23rd. Ticket Link: HERE

Over the past few months, ME. has steadily introduced listeners to the emotional world of ALL GOOD THINGS through its first two singles, “Special” and “Grown Man.” The former confronted the lingering impact of toxic relationships while exploring accountability and self-reflection, serving as the spark that ultimately transformed the project into a full-fledged band. Its follow-up single “Grown Man” revealed another side of the band, trading confrontation for vulnerability as it examined trust, second chances, and the courage required to love again. Together, those songs laid the emotional foundation that “Sun Poison” now expands upon, completing a trilogy that traces the album’s journey from reckoning to resilience.

Built around the chemistry between former Taking Back Sunday founding members Mark O’Connell and Eddie Reyes alongside vocalist/guitarist Mike Jansen and bassist Neal Amiruddin, ME. represents a deliberate fresh start rather than a return to the past. Formed through collaboration, trust, and a shared desire to create without expectation, the band has embraced reinvention at every stage of its evolution.

Rather than simply documenting conflict, ALLGOODTHINGS moves through it. Written during a period of profound personal upheaval, the album evolves from loss and uncertainty toward acceptance and renewal, with each song revealing another chapter in that progression. The title reflects not an ending, but what comes afterward, the opportunity to rebuild, rediscover purpose, and begin again. ME. is Eddie Reyes (guitar), Mark O’Connell (drums), Mike Jansen (guitar/vocals), and Neal Amiruddin (bass).