Aerial are a power-pop band who formed in the late 1990s in
Aberdeen
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Scotland
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History
Aerial are a power-pop band formed in
Aberdeen
Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...
,
Scotland
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in the late 1990s. In 1999, the band signed to London-label
Fantastic Plastic Records
Fantastic Plastic Records is an independent record label based in London and Brighton.
Fantastic Plastic was formed by lifelong music fan Darrin Robson in a County Down attic. Originally specialising in mail-order only rare and collectible reco ...
and recorded and released two EPs, Signal and Star of the Show in 2000.
Aerial played live across the UK in 2000 and 2001, making appearances at T in the Park, Glasgow’s Gig on the Green as part of a UK-tour with label-mates
Astrid and
Angelica
''Angelica'' is a genus of about 90 species of tall Biennial plant, biennial and Perennial plant, perennial herbaceous, herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far north as ...
. Aerial’s debut album, Back Within Reach, was recorded by Duncan Cameron at Riverside Studios in
Glasgow
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and released by Japanese label Syft Records in 2001.
Aerial announced via their Twitter page that they had returned to the studio to record a new album, to be released in 2014. The resulting album, Why Don't They Teach Heartbreak At School?, was recorded by Ben Phillips at Lightship95 in London and released in September 2014 by Powerpop Academy / Thistime Records in Japan and Kool Kat Records in the US. The album was featured as BBC Radio Scotland's 'Record of Note' on The Roddy Hart Show on 12 September 2014 and was Goldmine Magazine's album of the year in 2014.
In 2022, the band returned to Riverside Studios, some 20 years after the Back Within Reach sessions, to work on a new album with Duncan Cameron once again producing. The album Activities of Daily Living was released in 2024 on limited edition vinyl by Japanese label Flake Sounds and on CD by US label Kool Kat Records.
Discography
Albums
* ''Back Within Reach'' (SYFT-020LP, 2001)
* ''Why Don't They Teach Heartbreak At School?'' (XQER-1078, 2014 / PURR2049, 2014)
* ''Activities of Daily Living'' (FLAKES279, 2024 / PURR2286, 2024)
EPs and Singles
* ''Signal EP'' (FPS019 / SYFT009, 2000)
* ''Star of the Show EP'' (FPS022 / SYFT013, 2000)
* ''Hollywood Ghosts'' (2024)
* ''Pixelated Youth'' (2024)
External links
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Scottish pop music groups
Scottish power pop groups