Stuck On Repeat: Airiel Head Into Battle
The Chicago outfit Airiel started off as the drum-machine-assisted solo project of guitarist Jeremy Wrenn, but as its ambitions grew, so did its ranks, and it’s now a foursome. The band’s 2004 EP collection Winks & Kisses was often played by one of your Idolators on slow, slightly hungover mornings at work, mostly because its taffy-pull guitars helped our extra-buttered bagels and giant cups of coffee go down a bit easier. Airiel’s forthcoming album, The Battle Of Sealand, has even more cracked-up guitars on it, but the two tracks below place the band’s shoegazy tendencies inside raucous rock and roll settings:
Airiel – Thrown Idols [MP3, link expired]
Airiel – Think Tank [MP3, link expired]
Airiel [MySpace]
