The release party is on, and Liftoff will debut songs from their premiere album Sunday Morning Airplay. Tomorrow, January 19th, at the Black Cat, Liftoff will make sweet love to your ears and take you to a parallel universe. Helping the band usher their debut performance will be Fort Knox Five and Thunderball, each performing live DJ sets.
Through its own unique sound, Airplay is part of this melodic stream of consciousness that recalls music of the cinematic Old West and ’60s dream-pop music. Imagine an overture with suites dedicated to Ennio Morricone and the Cocteau Twins: that’s your Sunday Morning Airplay.
Airplay is study in chillwave; the sound effects play like vocals themselves. Released by Fort Knox Recordings, Airplay is so singular in its style, it may already be creating an infrastructure of new sounds to adopt. It’s both chill like the revolving earth and rampant like strings on forte.
To get an early glimpse of Thurday night’s show, check vocalists Steven Albert and Johnna Raskin on “Summer’s Shown.” The harmonies are haunting, like an incantation. The instruments feel like the dawn of a new season. The interplay of instruments and vocals acts like a Prokofievian leitmotif. Summer is never forgotten. It’s a cycle.
We’re giving away a 12″ single from Liftoff’s Sunday Morning Airplay, “Kool It Man!” Since this album has some sounds that make you think of psychedelia, tell us your favorite psychedelic jam. “Venus in Furs” by Velvet Underground is my all-time favorite. Enter to win the “Kool It Man” 12” by telling us yours!
The winner must have a mailing address in the continental US or Canada and will be selected a week from today on Wednesday, January 25th. Good luck.
