Manchester’s favourite sons Aerial Salad return with new single ‘Everybody Needs Somebody’
New album ‘Ideal World’ due for release November 6th via Venn Records – pre-order HERE
See the band live at 2000 Trees Festival on July 10th
Following on from 2024’s acclaimed ‘R.O.I.’ album and the subsequent ‘Roi de l’herbe’ EP in 2025, Manchester’s favourite sons Aerial Salad are set to return to the fray with another set of melodically charged anthems with new album ‘Ideal World’, confirmed for release November 6th via Venn Records.
Aerial Salad manage to have a unique but expansive sound. As Noel Gallagher once said, “All the best bands are just playing their record collection.” Well, these three clearly only listen to bangers.
“The Salad” have made a pretty big statement from a songwriting perspective with new single ‘Everybody Needs Somebody’. It’s dangerously catchy, beautiful in its delivery, and sets a high precedent for the next few singles. BBC Introducing have already played the track and said: “A song about the hope we find in love, there’s three universal languages, Love, Music and football. This nails two of the three very well. It’s probably one of the best written songs we’ve been graced with in years, it just flows so well and has so much attitude, as well as an undeniability of brilliance.”
“It’s a fresh yet familiar sound, beautifully arranged and carrying a powerful message. The song is about love and friendship in the darkest of times, centred around the lyric: “Life is one memory. If you don’t believe in yourself, just keep going.” It’s a reminder not only to themselves, but also to their loved ones,” states vocalist and guitarist Jamie Munro.
There have been some pretty crazy Aerial Salad videos over the years, but for this one they headed upstairs at Manchester’s most famous pub, The Castle Hotel, where they cut their teeth playing (and drinking), and invited some local aspiring actors to see if they fancied being Aerial Salad for 15 minutes.
The band have said there’s a lot of pain in the album ‘Ideal World’ — a commentary on the collective fear, misery and hardship that significant parts of society across the globe are facing. Through that pain, however, there is a clear and vital message running through both their music and this album.
Life is scarred by the horrors and atrocities of humanity, but we all have the ability to make it so much better. It can get better, and hopefully, it will.
Watch this space for further transmissions from ‘The Salad’.
Catch Aerial Salad live at the following dates in July:
04/07: The Weekend Rumble – Usk (Wales)
09/07: Boileroom – Guildford
10/07: 2000 Trees – Cheltenham
Aerial Salad are:
Jamie Munro – vocals/guitar
Mike ‘Wimbo’ Wimbleton – vocals/bass
Jake Marshall – drums
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