Air traffic

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Air traffic
Air Traffic live in London on November 8th 2007
Air Traffic live in London on November 8th 2007
General information
origin Bournemouth , England
Genre (s) Indie rock
founding 2005
Founding members
Chris Wall
David Ryan Jordan
Jim Maddock
Tom Pritchard

Air Traffic is a British band from Bournemouth .

Band history

The group formed in 2005 and rehearsed in an abandoned aircraft hangar near Bournemouth Airport . Since the signals from Air Traffic Control could be heard through the band's amplifier , they chose Air Traffic as the band name. In July 2006, the quartet released the first single on the independent label Fandango . The edition was 500 pieces. Shortly afterwards, British producer David Kosten became aware of Air Traffic and signed them for his EMI label Tiny Consumer . In March 2007, the band achieved first place in the UK sales charts with the re-release of their debut single Charlotte . A little later, the first album, Fractured Life , was released, which, along with the other singles Shooting Star and No More Running Away, hit the charts. Because of the piano-heavy sound, which is atypical for Britpop, Air Traffic is compared to Muse .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK
2007 Fractured Life UK42 (2 weeks)
UK

EPs

  • 2006: Never Even Told Me Her Name

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK
2007 Charlotte
Fractured Life
UK33 (2 weeks)
UK
Shooting Star
Fractured Life
UK30 (4 weeks)
UK
No More Running Away
Fractured Life
UK45 (1 week)
UK

More singles

  • 2006: Just Abuse Me / Charlotte
  • 2017: Almost Human

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. NME
  2. allmusic.com
  3. popmatters.com
  4. a b Chart sources: UK