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Air Formation

Stay Inside, Feel Everything CD

Clairecords
The truly-awesome second full length (following two amazing releases - one EP and one album - on the Drive-In Records label) from Air Formation is a bomber! Limited edition pressing has specialty-printing which utilizes ink that glows under blacklight! And it also looks mightily impressive under the glow of the sun or your halogen office lamp too... Nestled along the Channel in England's South Downs, Brighton is one of the UK's most idiosyncratic locales-- what looks like one of the most heavenly places in the world is dubbed The Devil's Punchbowl and the pubs bear names like The Free Butt, The Pull & Pump and The Dyke Tavern. It's hard to imagine such a curious hovel fostering anything remotely ordinary when it comes to music, and Stay Inside Feel Everything, the Clairecords debut of hometown lads Air Formation, proves the point to magical effect. While its predecessor, Ends in Light, was, for all its celestial beauty, a bit cold and dim, Stay Inside, Feel Everything gave Air Formation the opportunity to hone "something more uplifting and varied that would be, hopefully, instantly accesible," says Bartram. "We are always very focused and all the songs clicked together quickly. Recording is always done quickly as it keeps the essences of the tracks intact, rather than spending time removing every error and in doing so removing the energy from the recordings." With its sweeping drones and vibrant guitar textures, the songs proved a departure not only in mood, but in technique as well. "We had recruited another guitarist so the songs became more guitar focused rather than the keyboard drones of Ends In Light," Bartram recalls. "We were also using a lot more feedback to randomly flow over the tracks, giving them more feeling." Vivid and breathtaking, Stay Inside, Feel Everything is an aural experience tailormade for introspection, right down to its title. As Bartram summarizes, it's "about time alone with the things you hold close, whether that'll be loved ones, thoughts, memories or creating music." Or the maritime eccentricity of the Brighton seaside.
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