{"id":10568,"date":"2020-01-31T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T05:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=10568"},"modified":"2020-01-31T05:24:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T05:24:28","slug":"aerial-salad-announce-new-album-tour-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=10568","title":{"rendered":"AERIAL SALAD Announce New Album, Tour & Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Aerial Salad<\/strong> started as a dream, that turned into a nightmare, that thankfully worked out a dream. Conceived by frontman and guitarist Jamie Munro<\/strong> after he\u2019d attended the legendary punk event The FEST<\/strong> in Gainesville, Florida in 2016, the young Manchester Uni student was so inspired and impressed by what he\u2019d witnessed at the festival, he had to start a band. He HAD to play that festival.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was a very important time in my young age,\u201d remembers Jamie. \u201cI was like, \u2018fuck me, all these people, all these bands are small punk bands, but they\u2019re playing here and they\u2019re all on tour, this is fucking sick this!\u2019 Fuck uni, I hate uni, I\u2019ll start a band. We\u2019ll play The FEST.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And while for many, those dreams would have remained a fantasy as the daily grind of real life tightened its grip, choking out those young teenage dreams, Jamie Munro did form a band with two best friends (Mike Wimbleton \u2013 bass\/vocals, Matty Mills \u2013 drums) and he did play The FEST, but as is so often in life, things did not go as planned.<\/p>\n

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In the run-up to what is now billed in their minds as \u2018The Worst Festival Set Of All Time\u2019, the fledgling Aerial Salad recorded a couple of scrappy digital EPs, played a small handful of gigs and through sheer bluster and confidence, somehow blagged themselves onto The FEST. However, bad luck, over-indulgence, technical difficulties and unfamiliar equipment led to a catastrophic performance that made sure the band were never invited back. \u201cThe set was so bad that as soon as it finished, I had to run out of the\u00a0 venue, hide around the corner and cry,\u201d shudders Jamie.<\/p>\n

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Returning home with dreams momentarily shattered, the rag-tag bunch of teenagers may not have found acclaim, but they did find purpose, regrouped and forged ahead. Luck was on their side when they met former Flying Medallions<\/strong> frontman and Wonk Unit<\/strong> leader Alex Johnson<\/strong> who, so taken with the bands spirit and vibe, offered to mentor, manage and help put out Aerial Salad\u2019s debut album – 2017\u2019s \u2018Roach\u2019 – on his label Plasterer. He became \u2018Daddy Wonk\u2019 to the band and finally finding their stride in \u2018Roach\u2019, a sound and boldness started to emerge that\u00a0 quickly turned heads in the UK punk scene. An album of soaring punk songs, with melody and brash, rough edges that made it fizzle with excitement. The germ of greatness was sown in \u2018Roach\u2019. Wonk Unit took them on a three-week tour (\u201ceffectively a four year training course on how to actually be a band,\u201d) and Aerial Salad were one step closer to being ready to deliver what the world is about to hear in new album \u2018Dirt Mall\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Armed with a headful of new songs, under the guidance of Daddy Wonk and the production of UK recording legend Paul Tipler<\/strong> (\u201cbecause he\u2019d recorded \u2018Mush\u2019 by Leatherface<\/strong>, which we love,\u201d), Aerial Salad have delivered nine songs of anthemic, driving punk rock that roars with disgust, yet equally joy, at the world around them. Released this coming March 27th<\/sup>\u00a0 via the bands own Roach Industries, and once again with the help of Plasterer, \u2018Dirt Mall\u2019 is the sound of the once rag-tag teenagers finding their sound, feet and minds, frustrated by day jobs, brexshit and the world swirling around them.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt captures everything I\u2019ve seen working as a temp in offices and generally being in my twenties trying to work myself and the world out. With some pop songs thrown in for fun,\u201d admits Jamie, and it is all of that and more. Bristling with energy and passion, each and every song means something. From the charging title track (\u201cpeople should not have to try and survive life,\u201d), the bass and drum groove and explosive chorus of \u2018Such A Pity\u2019 (\u201cabout being young and a fucking arsehole,\u201d), the cathartic strut of \u2018Stressed\u2019 (\u201cthe Tories are basically trying to kill us, that\u2019s the cut and dry,\u201d) and first single \u2018Romance?\u2019 (\u201ca song about wanting romance with someone who is otherwise romantically engaged,\u201d), \u2018Dirt Mall\u2019 is an album by three best mates, experiencing this life together, and taking it on.<\/p>\n

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Aerial Salad is starting its most exciting chapter.<\/p>\n