Description:	Ltd Cds on Surbia Recordings
	Format:	CD single
	Genre(s):	Indie Rock
	Label:	Surbia
	Price:	£3.39
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...according to our Brian on 07 February 2008.

Firstly, a 7" by Air Cav. Manchester's latest colossal grey hopes release 'Alliance', reportedly the highlight of their mucho buzzed about live set. They've blatantly been swotting up on very early New Order (Movement/Everything's Gone Green) , trying to blend a contemporary euphoric pop sound with a sturdy 'lectro/rock twist and coming up with a hearty, percussive & anthemic brew. I like the fact they couldn't sound any more Mancunian than this, the drumming sounding more Stephen Morris than himself, the vocals earthy, fragile & slurred, the bass mournful & the guitar crystalline & probing. Is it any good though? If yr a new generation indie kid this could just change your life but to these old ears it just sounds marginally better than The Longcut. Which is no bad thing really but the most original thing here is the flaky violin flourishes that permeate the air punching gloom. This will probably shat out as Stevie Lamaqcqqqque has fallen in love with it due to his big flappy indie ears. Ltd 7" & CDs No'd of of 500

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What their label says...

The story of Air Cav begins in the jungles of Vietnam. Allan receives a phone call from school friend Chris back home in Manchester. Let’s start a band. Sharing a passion for all things aurally uplifting; from sixties garage to French sitar music, this was going to be an interesting prospect. Mark liked what he heard and duly threw his melodic, driving bass playing into the mix, as did folk violinist Sophie who completed the band’s line-up in summer 2006. Since then, the four have been inseparable, spending long, rainy, Mancunian evenings writing songs, dreaming and performing the music they love to people as much as they can.

Triumphant supports for the likes of We Are Scientists, The Young Knives and Architecture in Helsinki followed.  Steve Lamacq heard an early version of “Alliance” and declared it one of the “Five Hottest Records in the World Right Now”.  BBC Manchester got excited about "grandious indie soundscapes that will fill you with joy." By the time Manchester’s annual In The City event came around, the tiny basement where Air Cav were booked to headline was nowhere near enough to contain this colossal sound – people clinging to the walls, flinging their arms round each other down the front, heads cramming through the spaces on the rammed staircase. Three weeks later they took on Paris, headlining at the city’s coolest baroque indie hangout La Fleche D’Or in front of a packed crowd of young Parisians shouting along to every word.

Now Surbia Records are proud to present the debut single from this exciting band. Released on February 4th 2008 and featuring two magnificent songs “Alliance” and “Branches” the single is available on seven inch vinyl and “vinyl replica” CD, limited to 500 copies of each.