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| Formed in 1997 in the East Midlands by singer-songwriter Rob Price, Airport Girl’s original influences ranged from the Scottish pop of The Pastels and Belle and Sebastian to the American flavours of The Modern Lovers and Pavement. As well as a number of singles and compilation tracks on various independent labels they released one album “Honey, I'm An Artist” (2001), on Fortuna POP! in the UK, where it was Scootering magazine’s album of the month, and on Matinee in the US, where it topped the Parasol distribution charts. The late great John Peel, Steve Lamacq and John Kennedy (XFM) all played their songs on the radio while NME, Melody Maker, Careless Talk Costs Lives and Les Inrockuptibles all had kind words to say. A new album “Slow Light” was released in January 2007 and demonstrated a shift towards a radically altered sound, a glistening downbeat country-pop hybrid inspired by American alt-country and the antipodean sounds of The Triffids and “16 Lover Lane”-era Go-Betweens. The album attracted a slew of excellent reviews from the likes of The Guardian, Metro and Drowned In Sound, praising the luxuriant arrangements with their judicious use of violin, cello, trumpet, harmonica and melodica and the world-weary country-tinged songwriting. Airport Girl are Rob Price (Guitars, Banjo, Harmonica, Singing), Sean Price (Bass), David Hill (Melodica, Keyboards), George Napthine (Drums, Backing Vocals), Robert Perris (Lead Guitar) and Sheila Butter (Cello), with studio assistance from Richard Blackburn (Electric Piano, Tambourine), Rob Fleay (Trumpet), Tom McClure (Violin) and Jon Troy (Drums, Percussion). They enjoy cheap red wine, expensive whisky, the books of John Fante, Richard Brautigan and Charles Bukowski, and the sounds of The Handsome Family, The Silver Jews and Herman Dune. Reviews of Slow Light “Swathed in Cosmic Country Shimmer...A toasty soundtrack to duvet-wrapped winter despondency" (Metro) "Mesmerising...an album to make you glad it's winter, a time to huddle indoors and wallow" (The Guardian) "Airport Girl still have that undying sensibility of creating sorrowful yet swooning epics in equal measures" (Drowned in Sound) "The true heirs in a lineage of such elegant bands as Felt and The Go-Betweens" – (SoundsXP) "Wistful, winsome and wayworn, this could be the album to help see you through the winter" (NARC) "A brilliant album. Fans of old school indie will love it, fans of nu-folk will have something to cling to, too" (Tasty) "A simple, melodic, sad and pretty album" (To Hell With) "Airport Girl have that classic Velvets, Galaxie 500, jangly-drawl down to a tee" (Terrascope) “A beautiful and aptly titled album, filled with slow burning late night early morning songs full of brittle mystery and heartache. The sound of an Americana landscape transfigured to London, filtered through a half-emptied bottle of whisky and seven inch singles strewn on the floor.” (Tangents) official site myspace  | |
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