Air Cav - Alliance/ Branches

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.

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