ABOUT AEROVOX...
Aerovox
@ Pianos
photo by bunnygrrl
Neo-psychedelic
post-punk space-rock with a determined devotion to melody and harmony.
AeroVox. The Sky Highatrists. Psycotrypotopical. Songs to move to. Songs
to learn and sing.
AeroVox played their first live show at New York City's Luna Lounge
in the spring of 2003. Jeff Darien is the singer, one of two guitar
players and keeper of the faith. Cy Donovan plays bass. Cy played bass
with AeroVox in the spring of 2003. Jack Broad is the other guitar player.
Sometimes he sings backing vocals. Darren O'Toole plays drums.
Within the last 12 months, AeroVox has already hit the Top 15 on national
radio industry trade paper FMQB's "Sub-Modern Rock" Singles
Chart as the only unsigned band in the Top 25; hit the Top 10 on U.N.C.L.E.'s
New Music Weekly Chart "AFRO INDIE TOP 20" at #6 and A&R
Worldwide reported AeroVox in the Top 25 @ #21.
Radio stations that supported/spun AeroVox included: WOXY - Cincinnati
OH, WDYL - Richmond, VA, KACV - Amarillo, TX, WQXA - Harrisburg, PA,
WARQ - Columbia, SC, KS95 - Iowa City, IA, KFMA - Tucson, AZ, KXRK -
Salt Lake City, UT, WAVF - Charleston, SC, WANZ - Tuscaloosa, AL, KUPD
- Phoenix, AZ, KPNT - St Louis, MO, WFNX - Boston, MA, KTCL - Denver,
CO, WNNX - Atlanta, GA, KUSF - San Francisco, CA, WPGU - Champaign,
IL, WRZX - Indianapolis, IN and WAXQ - NYC. Radioio named AeroVox one
of "Robert's Hot Picks" and was featured in their "Favs
Of The Moment."
Also within the last year and a half, AeroVox has showcased at 2004
CMJ Music Marathon (2 shows), Boston NEMO, The Dewey Beach Popfest (Dewey,
DE) and was named "Top Rock Act" of the 2003 M.E.A.N.Y. Festival
(Musicians & Emerging Artists New York) beating out over 200 of
the best New York area bands. The band had an extended profile in "CMJ
New Music Report" as one of their "Top Unsigned Artists"
to watch for.
AeroVox’s first two EP’s, The Sky Highatrist EP
and Rewind 2004-1 have garnered almost universal praise: The
Deli Magazine calls AeroVox a “Rare breed in that they are
quite deserving of the significant praise they have received.”
CMJ New Music Report compares AeroVox to everything from Echo
& The Bunnymen, Swervedriver and Doves to New Order, The Stone Roses
and Interpol but concludes that “While there may be hints here
and there of other bands... 'The Sky Highatrist EP' shows just how far
the quartet has gone in surpassing its reference points and becoming
something entirely new.” "Neon NYC," "I-Jamming"
and "Jenyk/Dot/Com" describe AeroVox as “shimmering,”
“proudly anthemic” and “not as heralded as they ought
to be,” respectively.
AeroVox’s latest release on the band’s own Glister-Pulse
Recordings, the six-song EP Psycotrypotopical, further expands
on their neo-psychedelic post-punk space-rock with an even more determined
devotion to melody and harmony. From
the spooky and soaring opener “ClownsurrounD” to the Bunnymen-esque
“Your Coat of Arms” to life-affirming “Mantra 333,”
Psychotrypotopical is an eclectic mix of sounds, moods and
textures that never sounds like anyone but AeroVox. Produced,
engineered and mixed by the recording collective We-MoFo and mastered
by Jon Marshall Smith, listen to Psycotrypotopical for yourself
and you'll see what all the fuss is all about...
AeroVox is...
Jeff Darien - Vocals, Guitar, etc.
Cy Donovan - Bass
Jack Broad - Guitar
Darren O'Toole - Drums
