Manc punks AERIAL SALAD are back with a brand new video.
'L.A.' is taken from the trio's new 5-track 12" EP Roi de l’herb, which follows on from last year's widely acclaimed full-length R.O.I.
Catching the band in a rare romantic mood, singer and guitarist Jamie Munro laughs “We’ve not done a love song in time, classic bit of love song lyrics about wearing your partners skin and crawling inside their hearts. We’ve (very loosely) called ourselves a ‘Madchester punk band’ (because we like the Mondays and the Roses as much as we like Title Fight and Shame) and this is a prime example of that combination of styles. We’ve been a band for a similar amount of time for High Vis, I’m a massive fan, I feel like in terms of Punk/Hardcore/Baggy crossover, they’re The Smiths, profound and jaw dropping, we’re like the Happy Mondays, chaotic and silly.
“The video was made to be surreal," he adds. "The song is a frantic expression of the surreal nature of some of humanity's most powerful emotions. The idea of the bloodied-up running is to visualise the lyric 'I could crawl inside your beating heart'.”
Set for release on 27 June through Venn Records, Roi de l’herb is available to pre-order here.
As befits the EP's title, the band head off to France (and Spain) for dates next month, returning to the UK for shows in June, followed by a couple of festival appearances. Full dates are....
07/05/25 Lyon - Le Trokson
09/05/25 Sant Feliu De Guixols - Atzavara Club
10/05/25 Barcelona - Deskomunalcoop
11/05/25 Granollers - Mini Beat Fest
12/05/25 Madrid - The Godfather
13/05/25 Tolosa - Bonberenea
15/05/25 Seignosse - Le Black Flag
16/05/25 Perigueux - Le Moulin De Rousseau
17/05/25 Montaigu - Fury Dance
18/05/25 Rennes - Ty Anna
21/06/25 Glasgow - The Garage
22/06/25 Newcastle - Cluny 2
24/06/25 Birmingham - Sunflower Lounge
25/06/25 London - The Social
27/06/25 Manchester - Soup
28/06/25 Sheffield – Corporation
31/07/25-03/08/25 Y-Not Festival
6/08/25-10/08/25 Boomtown Festival