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Alternative 20/04/2017

Airpark Premieres "Plenty To Pine For" Video

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New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Last month, Nashville-based alternative pop/rock duo Airpark released their debut EP Early Works, Volume 1 via Eugenia Hall Records. The band is on tour now, with upcoming dates in NYC, Boston, New Orleans, Nashville and more (full list below).

The band just premiered their video for "Plenty To Pine For" at Under The Radar, who said "The brothers face off in the manner they typically create, with Michael Ford Jr. on drums and singing with an alley cat rasp similiar to Spoon's Britt Daniel and Ben playing guitar in tight lock with the slugging drum beat and lending falsetto accents."

Inspired by minimalism, melody and groove-heavy percussion, bandmates Michael Ford, Jr. and Ben Ford launched the group in 2016, one year after their previous project The Apache Relay quietly called it quits. The Apache Relay had been a large band, staffed with six members and armed with a thick, wall-of-sound approach. With Airpark, the Ford brothers sharpen their focus and scale back their arrangements, offering songs that pack a punch with bold, basic ingredients. So far the band has been embraced by Baeble, American Songwriter, Lockeland Springsteen, WYEP, Conan O'Brien's Team CoCo, and more.

Raised in New Orleans, the Fords grew up surrounded by music, from the Crescent City's jazz to the soul of Irma Thomas and Allen Touissant. Later while living in Nashville, the two rekindled the music connection they'd kick-started back home, finding popularity as The Apache Relay performed alongside the likes of Jenny Lewis, Mumford & Sons and more. Michael and Ben move at a deliberately different speed with Airpark, thus finding new musical territory to explore.

Taking their cues from a wide set of influences — the rhythmic world music of Tinariwen and Lijadu Sisters; the production of Air, Damon Albarn, and Fiona Apple's The Idler Wheel; the tenor vocal range of Big Star's Alex Chilton and Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham, with the occasional pop crooner delivery of Harry Nilsson — the two unveil their new direction with Airpark's debut EP, Early Works, Volume 1.

It's a sound that targets the feet and the head. It's pop music for thinkers. It's dance music for wallflowers. And with the brothers pulling triple-duty as songwriters, multi-instrumentalists and co-producers, Early Works, Volume 1 is their most forward-thinking project to date, pairing the band's growing ambition with musical chops to match.

Tour Dates:
4/24 Indianapolis, IN - The Hi-Fi
4/25 Columbus, OH - Rumba Cafe
4/27 Tupelo, MS - Blue Canoe
4/28 Jackson, TN - Barefoots Joe
4/29 Columbia, TN - Variety Records
5/4 Shreveport, LA - Day Old Blues Records
5/6 New Orleans, LA - House Of Blues
5/9 Boston, MA - Middle East Upstairs
5/10 Brooklyn, NY - Gold Sounds
5/11 New York, NY - Rockwood Music Hall
5/13 Albany, NY - Parish Public House
5/14 Providence, RI - Fete Lounge
5/16 Burlington, VT - Light Club Lamp Shop
5/17 Kennett Square, PA - Kennett Flash
5/19 Lexington, KY - Willie's Locally Known
5/20 Nashville, TN - Capitol District Street Fair
6/9 Knoxville, TN - Preservation Pub
6/10 Nashville, TN - Musicians Corner
6/17 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
7/14 Cincinnati, OH - The Comet
7/15 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
7/20 Durham, NC - The Pinhook
8/19 Omaha, NE - Barley Street Tavern.






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