 Air Traffic |
Piano-played formulaic pop
REVIEW: Air Traffic
Barfly
by Andy Dangerfield
I BLAME Coldplay. Ever since Chris Martin warbled about everything being yellow, introducing bed-wetting music to the mainstream, we’ve witnessed a string of vapid piano-led indie bands trying to imitate their success.
If bands as banal as Keane and Athlete can do it, so can Air Traffic. The EMI-signed trendy hair-cut band, all in their early 20s, played a set of predominantly two-and-a-half minute, four-chord pop songs, kicking off with their last bouncy single Just Abuse Me.
Lead singer Chris Wall showed sparks of pianist talent but was constrained by a set-list that lacked originality.
Jarvis Cocker made a pertinent point last week when he criticised bands for thinking more about the money than the music. Air Traffic communicated well with each other on stage but didn’t say much to the crowd apart from plugging their T-shirts.
Their set all seemed rather formulaic, Wall even having the lyrics to the sentimental Shooting Star written on his piano.
They were inevitably lauded by 400 teenage fans. Having received acclaim from the likes of Radio 1’s Jo Whiley, their chart success may well be inexorable. Catch them at the Dublin Castle on October 17 before it’s too late and you can’t get tickets to see them at the Brits.
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