Fractured Life by Air Traffic

Fractured Life, the debut album from Bournemouth's Air Traffic, arrived on 2 July 2007 on Tiny Consumer, an imprint of EMI, with an American release following on 5 February 2008. The band took their name from their rehearsal days in an industrial unit next to Hurn Airport, where their amplifiers picked up air traffic control signals, and their sound is just as noisy and good-humored: piano-pounding alternative rock, all hooks and elbows, with Chris Wall hammering the keys and singing lead, Tom Pritchard on guitar, Jim Maddock on bass and David Ryan Jordan on drums.

NME likened them to Supergrass covering Little Richard, which gets it about right. The singles kept coming: "Charlotte" gave them a UK Top 40 hit, "Shooting Star" debuted at No. 30 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Just Abuse Me", "Never Even Told Me Her Name" and "No More Running Away" filled out a crowded record.

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