Aerial Salad Reveal New Single “Tied To Pieces Of Paper”

It’s with good reason that Aerial Salad describe themselves as Madchester Punk. From their formation in 2016, the power trio were always as in love with the Happy Mondays and The Fall as they were Leatherface or Buzzcocks. Their 2020 album, Dirt Mall, certainly hinted at this cross-pollination of styles and sounds, but it’s on forthcoming new album, R.O.I., that that is due out on April 12th via Venn Records, they’ve really seen the union of different inspirations come to a successful fruition. And none more so than in their thrilling new single, Tied To Pieces Of Paper, which is let loose today.

“It’s inspired by something I read where Steve Ignorant from Crass was saying that basically, back in the day, humans had less reliance on money (not needing phones, broadband, and houses being affordable) meaning that, you could go and be a fuckin punk rocker and do a bit of cash in hand work and you’d be alright. These days the world is so driven by money and thus, employment, the song is a shout out to everyone that’s still trying to do creative endeavours alongside managing a fuckin job.” (vocalist & guitarist Jamie Munro)

You can hear the frustration bursting out of every single second, 160 of them, to be precise, of Tied To Pieces Of Paper. It starts with a juggernaut bass and drum rhythm with Jamie spewing out the words over the frenzied beat and it’s a full minute and a half before any guitar cuts into the track, but when it does it has all the impact of being slammed face first into your shit office job desk by your tie. “What’s the point of saving any money, I’ll die,” sneers Jamie, as the noise thunders around him. It’s as exhilarating and inspiring as punk rock can get in 2024 and has a visceral power that can’t be ignored.

The northern three piece want us to know they’re as authentic as it gets. Injecting that raw chaos and violent charm from the stage straight into their recordings. Their goal is to make themselves known to everyone and anyone, from rave heads to indie kids, poets to rockers. R.O.I. is fantastical while acutely bedded in modern post-Brexit, Un-united Kingdom canon. We’re all trying to find our places in this new world, let Aerial Salad be the soundtrack.

Aerial Salad will be on tour in support of R.O.I. over the coming months and have also been asked to collaborate with Dr. Martens to model their new Ramsey Monk Kiltie creeper shoe, with the band perfectly representing the creative expression of the shoes.