Anti-Gravity Blue Aeroplanes, The SKU: ASALB001 Barcode: 5060155700120 15.00 £15.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Art Star/Albino Recordings Released Date: 5th December 2012 Buying Format: 1LP Gatefold Sleeve Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Inverting Radiohead’s ‘honesty box’ policy for ‘In Rainbows’ and fixed price for ‘King of Limbs’, in typically contrary fashion, the new Blue Aeroplanes LP is released on vinyl prior to its appearance on CD and download. Buoyed by the massive critical praise for the reissue of their 1990 magnum opus ‘Swagger’, and 2006’s renaissance ‘Altitude’, these recent triumphs have set a high bar for Gerard Langley and his co-pilots to aim for. Fortunately, ‘Anti-Gravity’, working on the same titular theme to ‘Altitude’ finds the band being able to achieve exactly that. Over a quarter of a century since their first appearance, the LP thrums with the same energy as their early recordings. Their mélange of folk, rock and spoken word narratives finds the Aeroplanes sounding totally contemporary, their literate, driving, rock jangle slotting in nicely alongside the likes of the Hold Steady and the Shins. Opening with ‘Sulphur’, emerging out of the sound of fireworks into cascading, semi-acoustic arpeggios, gradually reaching the melodic plateau of the chorus, the song provides irrefutable proof the ‘Planes can handle pop songs The self-autobiographical lyric of ‘Angela Carter’ draws the listener in, the musical backing the chassis for Gerard’s tale of collaborating with the late author on a novel that never saw the light of day. ’25 Kinds of Love’, a gnarly garage rocker, offers an alternative update of Paul Simon’s ‘Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover’. “He only wrote about seven,” vocalist Gerard Langley ruefully notes. By contrast, Sufjan Stevens’ acolyte St. Vincent has her track ‘Laughing with a Mouthful of Blood’ reworked into the resigned ‘My Old Haunts’. The band’s long-held fascination for acoustic/ electric instrumentation shines through on the softly pattering, mandolin led ‘Nothing’ whilst ‘Oak Apple Day’ shimmers along on acoustic guitars and Ry Cooder-esque lap steel. Kicking off Side Two (very satisfying to be able to use the term in a review), ‘Go Along With Me on This One’ mines the same stentorian strum of mid-period R.E.M. tracks like ‘Finest Worksong’. The influence of their former touring partners can also be detected on ‘Pretty Head’, its wonderfully spring-heeled riff dimly reminiscent of the Athens, Georgia crew’s ‘Disturbance at the Heron House’. ‘Great Movie Clichés’ continues the Americana element, its close miked vocal and country fiddle coming across like ‘Desire’ era Dylan. ‘One World Passport’ meanwhile, a compelling collision of demonic propulsion of ‘Sympathy for the Devil’with an ascending guitar riff is offset by a lengthy Langley lyric about the current parlous state of the world. The six minute ‘Cancer Song’, bookends the LP with a hazily somnambulistic melodic stumble, concluding proceedings on a restful note. As the title of the penultimate track ‘Born Again, Again’ suggests, the Blue Aeroplanes’ are indeed that, their art/rock/folk narratives chiming in perfectly with current developments. If there’s any justice the Aeroplanes will win more passengers on their onward journey towards their thirtieth year, as on this evidence they sound as vital and as energized as they did during their early 90’s peak. – Richard Lewis (http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk) Artist Blue Aeroplanes, The Genre Rock And Pop Label Art Star/Albino Recordings Buying Options 1LP Gatefold Sleeve Format 1LP , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings A1 Sulphur A2 Angela Carter A3 25 Kinds Of Love A4 Oak - Apple Day A5 My Old Haunts (Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood) A6 Nothing B1 Go Along With Me On This One B2 Great Movie Cliches B3 Pretty Head (Raising Cain & Pulses) B4 One World Passport B5 Born Again, Again B6 Cancer Song Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Blue Aeroplanes, The and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Blue Aeroplanes, The Culture Gun Rock And Pop | Last Night From Glasgow | 1LP Released 21st April 2023 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Blue Aeroplanes, The Culture Gun £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Last Night From Glasgow SKU: BACGLP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st April 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Blue Aeroplanes, The Swagger Rock And Pop | Last Night From Glasgow | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 28th October 2022 £28.00 Select options Blue Aeroplanes, The Swagger £28.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Last Night From Glasgow Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 28th October 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View S. 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