The Aerial Maps: Salvation Road
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Salvation Road' by the Aerial Maps (2nd single to be ligfted fromt he bands new album "The Sunset Park")
"The path to salvation in Australia is often literally a road … there is an exhilarating sense of possibility that arises when you get behind the wheel and start driving in this country."
So says Adam Gibson, vocalist and lyricist in Australian band the Aerial Maps, about the band's new single, 'Salvation Road', from their upcoming album The Sunset Park. Two years and many hundreds of kilometres in the making, The Sunset Park is the follow-up to the band's acclaimed debut album In the Blinding Sunlight. Led by the vocals of Adam Gibson with Simon Holmes and Sean Kennedy as the creative nucleus, with The Sunset Park the Aerial Maps have transformed from a band lauded for their fond take on life in Australia to an outfit exploring the darker reaches of the country's psyche.
Following the album's first single 'The Sunset Park', the new single 'Salvation Road' speaks of the great distance of Australia, and the associated ways to lose (or find) oneself within that. As Gibson explains, "'Salvation Road' is about two people leaving a town with no intention of returning – it's about that exhilarating sense of future possibility that can come when you leave something behind and get behind the wheel and just start driving. And in Australia, there's lots of places to drive to and to possibly find salvation at."
What they're saying about The Sunset Park
“brilliant minutiae of Australian life which Gibson summons so effortlessly make this ambitious venture a masterpiece. Stunning.” - Steve Bell Time Off Magazine
"[The Sunset Park] is so finely drawn that is like a screenplay for your mind … an Australian classic. You must hear it."
– Noel Mengel, Courier-Mail, Brisbane
"The Aerial Maps are surely headed for that esteemed space occupied by Australia’s finest – those whose music is Australia."
– Justin Grey, Drum Media, Sydney
"The Aerial Maps are poised to become one of the most valuable bands in the country, illuminating a darkand mysterious Australian gothic in a song."
– Tony McMahon Inpress Magazine Melbourne
"There's an incredible boldness to the Aerial Maps Literally travelling from one side of the country to the other, The Sunset Park surveys an Australia neglected by so many bands …
– Doug Wallen, Mess & Noise
"There is no other Aussie act quite like The Aerial Maps. This should be a stage show"
- Jeff Jenkins, MAG
"This reminds me of films by David Caesar (Mullet, Prime Mover); vernacular widescreen Australia with no gloss, a sense of melancholy, a road well-travelled."
Chris Johnston The Age
"The path to salvation in Australia is often literally a road … there is an exhilarating sense of possibility that arises when you get behind the wheel and start driving in this country."
So says Adam Gibson, vocalist and lyricist in Australian band the Aerial Maps, about the band's new single, 'Salvation Road', from their upcoming album The Sunset Park. Two years and many hundreds of kilometres in the making, The Sunset Park is the follow-up to the band's acclaimed debut album In the Blinding Sunlight. Led by the vocals of Adam Gibson with Simon Holmes and Sean Kennedy as the creative nucleus, with The Sunset Park the Aerial Maps have transformed from a band lauded for their fond take on life in Australia to an outfit exploring the darker reaches of the country's psyche.
Following the album's first single 'The Sunset Park', the new single 'Salvation Road' speaks of the great distance of Australia, and the associated ways to lose (or find) oneself within that. As Gibson explains, "'Salvation Road' is about two people leaving a town with no intention of returning – it's about that exhilarating sense of future possibility that can come when you leave something behind and get behind the wheel and just start driving. And in Australia, there's lots of places to drive to and to possibly find salvation at."
What they're saying about The Sunset Park
“brilliant minutiae of Australian life which Gibson summons so effortlessly make this ambitious venture a masterpiece. Stunning.” - Steve Bell Time Off Magazine
"[The Sunset Park] is so finely drawn that is like a screenplay for your mind … an Australian classic. You must hear it."
– Noel Mengel, Courier-Mail, Brisbane
"The Aerial Maps are surely headed for that esteemed space occupied by Australia’s finest – those whose music is Australia."
– Justin Grey, Drum Media, Sydney
"The Aerial Maps are poised to become one of the most valuable bands in the country, illuminating a darkand mysterious Australian gothic in a song."
– Tony McMahon Inpress Magazine Melbourne
"There's an incredible boldness to the Aerial Maps Literally travelling from one side of the country to the other, The Sunset Park surveys an Australia neglected by so many bands …
– Doug Wallen, Mess & Noise
"There is no other Aussie act quite like The Aerial Maps. This should be a stage show"
- Jeff Jenkins, MAG
"This reminds me of films by David Caesar (Mullet, Prime Mover); vernacular widescreen Australia with no gloss, a sense of melancholy, a road well-travelled."
Chris Johnston The Age
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from (free) Popboomerang Records: Making A Big Sound! #2,
released June 6, 2011
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Specialising in melodic pop, jangle, folk and rock and predominantly working with Australian bands with the aim to building their careers locally & internationally.
Artists include Skipping Girl Vinegar, Georgia Fields, The Aerial Maps, Celadore, Bon Scotts, Tamas Wells & Tim Reid
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