Profile: Aerial
Name: Aerial
From: Sandviken, Sweden
Sounds like: Epic rock with slicing, fiery guitars and everything from drawn-out dissonant noisy freak-outs to soft, sombre ballad-esque moments.
Listen: Time is on fire
Discography:
2006 - Black rain for the bombing (Nomethod) [BUY IT]
Even though I heard it for the first time in late 2005, "Black rain for the bombing" is certifiably the first great release of 2006. With only four songs clocking in at over 36 minutes total, the stats alone should tell you that you're in for an adventurous listen. One of the problems I know a lot of people have with the post-rock genre is that the songs can lack focus, but I assure you that is not the case here. Yes, there are extended vamp sessions where the band strives to explore new sonic territory through improv and interplay, but they always bring it back home. No, it's never as simple as verse/chorus/verse, but why should it be?
My own personal complaint about post-rock is that it almost never gets quite as heavy as I'd like. Many bands are fine with constucting huge build-ups, but I so rarely feel like my expectations are being met. The peak should be high enough to tear a hole in the sky and I think Aerial understands that. Interweaving guitar lines build on top of one another, creating a pillar of sound that is then set afire and then laid to waste in the aftermath. Beauty in destruction. Storm and stress. Tension and release. Anxiety and catharsis. That's what I'm talking about.
Who are you?
From death, to Sandviken, Sweden. Aerial was and are. Quintet of stoned dogs, one demo that was and then 365 suns later "Black rain from the bombing" without method.
What makes you special? Why should we care?
Our music is, of course, the side-effect of embracing the soundscapes and patterns of great bands before us. What makes us interesting is our relatively unexplored mixture of stylistic elements and our development of the no wave narrative styles.
If you didn't have music, what would you be doing?
If the universe had not existed, what shape would the great nothingness have taken?
Tell me about your current favorite record/band.
Right now, in the final stages of completing the writing of our second album, I have to say that Aerial, by far, is our favorite band.
What do you have planned for the future?
Make noise, loud and quiet, never like the zombies currently occupating the morepart of headphones in the western music culture. More concrete is a new album, hopefully released some time in the beginning of 2007. A European tour this fall including Great Britain and Germany. A summer tour in Sweden and some other places, Formanova Festival in Denmark already booked for this.