“We’re like the Happy Mondays, chaotic and silly.” AERIAL SALAD showcase new ‘L.A.’ video

AERIAL SALAD tease June’s five-track EP release ‘Roi de l’herb’ (Venn Records) by showcasing new video for lead track, ‘L.A.’ a song which finds the band in a rare romantic mood.

“The video was made to be surreal,” said Jamie Munro (vocs/guitar), “the song is a frantic expression of the surreal nature of some of humanity’s most powerful emotions. The idea of the bloodied-up running is to visualise the lyric, ‘I could crawl inside your beating heart.’
 
“We’ve, very loosely, called ourselves a ‘Madchester punk band’ because we like the ‘Mondays and the ‘Roses as much as we like Title Fight and Shame, and this is a prime example of that combination of styles. We’ve been a band for a similar amount of time for High Vis, I’m a massive fan. I feel like in terms of punk, hardcore, baggy crossover, they’re The Smiths, profound and jaw dropping, we’re like the Happy Mondays, chaotic and silly.”

Meanwhile, the EP’s name, ‘Roi de l’herb,’ has its origins in the track, ‘King Of The Grass.’

“We tour and play a lot in France, we’ve played most of our best gigs in France,” adds Munro, “so out of curiosity I wanted to see if the title would translate. Well, naturally, when the translation contained both ROI and l’herbe – I though, fuck it, that’s about as spot on a title for this EP as we can possibly muster.”
 
Joining Munro in the band are Mike ‘Wimbo’ Wimbleton (vocs/bass), and Jake Marshall (drums).
 
AERIAL SALAD live: 
June 21: Glasgow, The Garage  
June 22: Newcastle, Cluny 2
June 24: Birmingham, Sunflower Lounge
June 25: London, The Social
June 27: Manchester, Soup
June 28: Sheffield, Corporation
 
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(Photo (c) Chris Bethell)