Airiel - Molten Young Lovers

Die erste Vorladung (XI)

Personalien:

Gegründet wurde die Chicagoer Band von Jeremy Wrenn (Gesang, Gitarre) und dem früh wieder ausgestiegenen Shawn Delaney. Aktuell wird das Quartett von Andrew Marrah (Gitarre, Synthesizer), Matt Blanton (Bass) und Spencer Kiss (Schlagzeug) vervollständigt.

Tathergang:

1997 noch unter dem Namen Airiel Project One gegründet, veröffentlichten Airiel 1999 ihre Debütsingle „Shirley Temple Tidal Wave“, der mehrere EPs, aber erst 2007 ein Album („The Battle Of Sealand“) folgte. 2011 unterschrieben sie einen Vertrag bei Shelflife Records. Nach einer weiteren EP („Kid Games“, 2012) erschienen im März die Single „Cloudburst“ und im Oktober das zweite Album „Molten Young Lovers“.

Die ersten Vinyl-Pressungen (Blue and black splatter on clear vinyl (200 Stück) und White vinyl (300)) sind bereits ausverkauft, daher wurden 250 weitere Exemplare (Blue and black splatter on white vinyl) nachproduziert. 

Plädoyer:

Eingebettet zwischen Morrisseys „Spent The Day In Bed“ und Slowdives „Star Roving“ thront Airiels „This Is Permanent“ in den Singles-Charts von Shoegaze-Koryphäe Kerstin. Das muss als Plädoyer doch vollkommen ausreichen, oder?

Zeugen:

With the initial early 90s Shoegazing trailblazers reappearing out of the woodwork and producing new material there could always be a danger than those that appeared in their wake could be squeezed out, however with strong releases such as Young Molten Lovers and with Airiel continuing to forge their own identity, there is still plenty of room for these artists to successfully co-exist.(Soundblab)

If ‘Molten Young Lovers’ demonstrates one thing, it is that collectively Airiel are talented and creative songwriters; across the board the album features some fantastically encapsulating songs and performances to go along with them. The talent of the band themselves are also a strong playing factor in what makes the album a thoroughly enjoyable experience: each instrument is given as much time as the next, with equal delicacy and patience on each track as much so on the one before it. If there were criticisms to be made about the album it would be the length (twelve tracks) and the much more weighted down second half. The songs on the first half of ‘Molten Young Lovers’ seem to comfortably balance stylistic song writing with a comfortable weight and a brilliant sound. On the second half sometimes things tend to drag on and become slightly monotonous. Either way, it possesses some ridiculously well written songs that act as subtle reminders of past musical movements while simultaneously introducing the bands own original take on genres such as shoegaze and dream pop. Listen out for the stunning production, for the intelligent performance, and ultimately, for the sound.(Primal Music)

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