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a buzz band in the truest sense, airborne have become the darlings of local radio and press and fixtures on the silver lake music scene, garnering comparisons to everyone from modest mouse and the arcade fire, to the clash and u2. a catharsis-riddled heart-swell of emotional, epic rock and arty pop, the debut lp by the airborne toxic event does indeed sound like that - an event. the band weds a swaggering brand of nerve-stripped and jangled post-punk /new-wave grandeur to frontman mikel jollett's lyrical snapshots of heartache and loss. panoramic and ambitious, it's an audacious first album, magnifying personal traumas - in one week jollett's mother was diagnosed with cancer, he with an autoimmune disease, and he and his longtime girlfriend split - into alternately witty dance-rock and grandiose, wide-screen blasts of guitar-churned despair and hope.....release date: 09/02/2009
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