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| Air To Achilles - Fields Of Mercy |
Air To Achilles – Fields of Mercy
Release Date: 29th March 2013
It looks like the Northeast is
making a bid for my favourite new scene, hot on the heels of Bristol and
Cornwall. Air To Achilles are another group of imaginative and creative young
chaps from Newcastle putting out sonically challenging but simultaneously
melodic material that grabs you by the brain and the balls. ‘Fields of Mercy’
is the band’s latest single and is full of bouncy bass lines, jangly guitars,
subtle synths and huge harmonies. This is part 90s Scottish jangle-pop, part
Scando-indie and a little bit of Asian indie-pop (check the band Holy City
Rollers if you don’t believe me) but they certainly don’t sound like any other
English band I’ve heard for quite some time and that is no bad thing. If you
add in to the mix a producer in Johannes Rowlinson (The Sugarcubes, Johnny
Foreigner, Minus) then you get a Spector-ish wall of sound that you might as
well just wash over you. In fact, do it now. Just turn it up loud, pour
yourself an alcopop, strap yourself in to your favourite chair and let it wash
over you. Superb.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/airtoachilles
Live date:
29th March – Single Launch Party @ The Cluny 2,
Newcastle