{"title":"Aerial Salad","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"roi","title":"R.O.I","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere’s a lot of talk in music and art of authenticity, truthfulness…the ‘real deal’. Many claim to have it, few actually do. Mancunians Aerial Salad have it in droves. This is the band that formed in 2016 with the sole intention of playing legendary punk festival Fest in Gainesville, which they did as teenagers. It didn’t matter that they could barely play, and it was an unmitigated disaster, they still had the front to do it. This is the band that embraced and cut their teeth in the DIY punk world. They were poised on the brink of greatness with their epic debut album \u003ci\u003eDirt Mall\u003c\/i\u003e in February of 2020 and, well, you know what happened next, every band has the same story, so we’ll park that there…Instead, Aerial Salad got their collective heads down and pushed and developed their sound away from the three-chord blare of their formative years. This was always a band you were just as likely to see sporting a Stone Roses shirt as you would Snuff. Or a Cypress Hill top as you would see a Pizza Tramp. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAerial Salad describe their sound as ‘Madchester Punk’, a nod to their heroes in Happy Mondays, XTC, and Carter USM, spiced with the current furore spearheaded by burgeoning Brit-wave bands like Yard Act, Shame, and High Vis. Their second album \u003ci\u003eR.O.I\u003c\/i\u003e (and first for highly regarded Venn Records) leans on these influences, driven forward by pure rock’n’roll swagger while conjuring a late stage, capitalist hellscape through brutalist lyrical narratives. To put it mildly, Aerial Salad is the band you want to see play the breakdown of establishments afterparty, and you already know you’re gonna love it!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded lovingly in Vibe Recording Studio, Cheetham Hill in Manchester with Dean Glover, \u003ci\u003eR.O.I.\u003c\/i\u003e is an album that moves seamlessly from pulsing post-punk beats to unstoppable stadium rock anthems. ‘The Same 24 Hours (As Beyoncé)’ is Britpop rallying against the fake facade of influencer culture, ‘All Yer Dreamin’ is Mark E Smith at the Hacienda, ‘Chances’ is Oasis taking on Talking Heads. Aerial Salad find space to explore new genres without losing the sense that this is a band born out of the hard touring, DIY punk scene, a community that continues to be close to their heart.The northern three piece want us to know they’re as authentic as it gets. Injecting that raw chaos and violent charm from the stage straight into their recordings. Their goal is to make themselves known to everyone and anyone, from rave heads to indie kids, poets to rockers. \u003ci\u003eR.O.I\u003c\/i\u003e is fantastical while acutely bedded in modern post-Brexit, Un-united Kingdom canon. We’re all trying to find our places in this new world, let Aerial Salad be the soundtrack.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Venn Records","offers":[{"title":"Clear LP","offer_id":50405400084811,"sku":"2175282","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50405397299531,"sku":"2175281","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/197190761221_413582d9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726576870"},{"product_id":"roi-de-l-herbe","title":"Roi De L’Herbe","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing on from last year's acclaimed \u003cem\u003eR.O.I.\u003c\/em\u003e album, Manchester’s favourite sons \u003cstrong\u003eAerial Salad\u003c\/strong\u003e return to the fray with a brand new 5-track EP titled \u003cem\u003eRoi de l’herb\u003c\/em\u003e via Venn Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaving released their \u003cem\u003eDirt Mall\u003c\/em\u003e album during lockdown, which was a pretty grim time to put an album out, the release still eventually opened up some exciting doors for the band and captured \u003cstrong\u003eAerial Salad\u003c\/strong\u003e at their most \u003cstrong\u003eAerial Salad\u003c\/strong\u003e; loud, brash, silly, and emotive. This led swiftly to 2024’s \u003cem\u003eR.O.I.\u003c\/em\u003e album that marked a real evolution in the band’s sound and songwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eR.O.I.\u003c\/em\u003e is a concept album but rather than being about a band, it’s from the perspective of an individual pushed to the brink of insanity by the ever-present quest for commercial success,” explains singer and guitarist Jamie Munro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“The EP is called \u003cem\u003eRoi de l’herb\u003c\/em\u003e because of the track ‘King Of The Grass’: ‘We tour and play a lot in France, we’ve played most of our ‘best’ gigs in France, so out of curiosity I wanted to see if the title would translate well, naturally, when the translation contained both ‘ROI’ and l’herb’ - I thought, fuck it, that’s about as spot on a title for this EP as we can possibly muster.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘King of The Grass’ is about the band’s bassist Mike Wimbo who works for Rochdale council on the greens team, which means he spends his life in the pouring rain chopping down overgrown hedges and mowing lawns. Elsewhere on the EP, ‘Inject Your Blood’ is another romantic love song inspired by the TV series ‘True Blood’ (“I’d inject your blood, into mine just to feel you close”), ‘Wires’ rages against the world of AI and GPT, whilst the EP’s opening track ‘My Girl’ is a chaotic, high energy catchy punk song, nothing profound, nothing complicated. It’s a punk song as god intended, a few chords and a load of shouting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“The EP is like the teaser for what’s next,” summarises Jamie. “The overall hook for this EP is one of hope, that by sticking to what you believe in you can do anything.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Venn Records","offers":[{"title":"12\" - Clear with Neon Green Splatter","offer_id":51817443721547,"sku":"R9422-3243","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/AerialSalad-RoiDeL_HerbeArtwork_be0f123f-3a09-4f03-9385-408feaf09370.jpg?v=1752256612"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/aerial-salad.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}