Airship #2 - Algebra

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Airship return with a video for their new single (although not a new song) 'Algebra', following on from the excellent 'Kids' the track continues in similar form, an upbeat slice of rousing, anthemic indie-pop.

Full of chiming guitars, hard hitting drums and rousing melodic choruses, it's a polished track of driving and emotionally charged pop-rock. "Algebra" strays close to the dreaded 'stadium rock' coinage but I'm thoroughly enjoying it all the same.

Airship are nice guys too, I had the pleasure of chatting with them on their support slot with The Joy Formidable and this is track will hopefully help them along on their way. Their debut LP  'Stuck In This Ocean' is due out next week, September 5th, I'm interested in here the full album, especially the track which features vocals from Ritzy.

 

Algebra - Airship by [PIAS] Recordings

Airship - Kids

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I know I say this a lot, but I really do mean it when I say I thought I'd previously done a post on Airship. I appear to have dreamt it, I've seen them five times supporting The Joy Formidable over a couple of different tours over the last 18 months and they gradually impressed me more and more. I've put a link to stream "Algebra" below, that was the song I enjoyed the most live.

If you've read this blog for a while you may have noticed that I've been gradually moving away from the more typical indie based set-up in favour of folk/electro/noise-pop etc, so it's refreshing to actually return to my roots and listen to some up-tempo thrashing guitar noise.

"Kids" is their new single, released this week, it's a delightful pop-rock track (though it could be treading close to the dreaded radio-friendly words of "anthemic"), piled with guitar-noise with a message of rediscovering your childhood somewhere amongst the propelling drum beat and breakneck pacing, the overall theme is something perhaps we could do with taking note of, though to be honest, I can't see me going into the woods and building a den this coming weekend!

Their debut album "Stuck In The Ocean" is due later this year. Listen below:

Airship - Kids
Algebra - Airship