I've never been a believer of love at first sight in any situation, be it romance, literature, film or music. Until now. Miles away from their first full length release, The Airborne Toxic Event has exploded onto the Los Angeles music scene and most recently into my eardrums. Hailing from Los Feliz, California this young quintet plays with what sounds like years of experience. After dozens of live gigs on both coasts and in between, and considerable airplay on major market Alternative radio stations (hat tip to KROQ's Locals Only host, Kat Corbett), Airborne is poised to make their mark on alternative rock both memorable and permanent. The delicate mix of impassioned vocals, storytelling lyrics, hard rocking guitar and gentle violin - and vice versa - combined with an incredible veteran-like stage presence, and they've managed to pull off in a short time what many bands fail to do in a lifetime. Sometimes everything comes together to congeal into near-perfection and serendipity is at hand. Enough of my rambling, I'll let the music speak for itself.
Their first single "Sometime Around Midnight," set to various pictures ripped off their myspace site.
And for fun, here's a live vid of "Gasoline" just so you can see Anna shred her violin to pieces.
More studio recordings and live videos can be found at The Airborne Toxic Event's myspace page, here. I also have MP3's of a few tracks, which I will be more than happy to make available to anyone who asks. They can be seen live in June on the main stage at Live 105's BFD 2008 in the SF Bay Area and in July at the Pemberton Festival in beautiful British Columbia alongside such acts as Death Cab for Cutie and Coldplay, (perhaps you've heard of them.) Also, they make their national TV debut on Last Call with Carson Daly next Tuesday, April 22. Stay up late, it'll be worth it.
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