Airiel

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Airiel
Origin Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres
Years active1997–present
Labels Urinine Records, Roisin Recordings, Sonic Syrup, Clairecords, Sonicbaby Records, Highwheel Records, Shelflife Records
MembersJeremy Wrenn
Andrew Marrah
Past membersChris DeBrizzio
Mikey Pinaud
Cory Osborne
Chase Johnson
Andrew Puricelli
John Rungger
Zeeshan Abbasi
Nick Bertling
Matt Blanton
Spencer Kiss
Shawn Delaney
Website Airiel

Airiel is an American shoegaze band from Chicago, Illinois, United States. Bandleader Jeremy Wrenn described Airiel's music by saying, "It's loud, it's pretty and you can dance to it". [3]

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History

Airiel was formed as Airiel Project One in 1997, in Bloomington, Indiana, by guitarist/vocalist Jeremy Wrenn and former bandmate Shawn Delaney. This followed the breakup of Wrenn's previous shoegaze band, Black Olive, who had released one album, Verge. This early line-up recorded two songs for the There's Always An Ending Before A Beginning split EP with The Sunflower Conspiracy. After shortening their name to Airiel, their debut single, "Shirley Temple Tidal Wave", was released in 1999 by Roisin Recordings.

During 2003–2004, the band released a series of four Winks & Kisses EPs on Clairecords, each containing four songs. The EPs were later reissued as a box set, also titled Winks and Kisses. [4]

In 2005, Airiel released a self-titled EP on Sonicbaby Records, and toured the eastern United States. [1]

In 2007, the band recorded their debut full-length studio album, The Battle of Sealand , which was released on Highwheel Records that August 21. [2] [5] In honor of their contribution to the culture of the Principality of Sealand, a micronation, all the members of the band were named official lords of Sealand, and were invited to be the first rock band to play a concert in the nation, to be broadcast live over the internet. [6] However, this concert did not take place.

Bassist/vocalist Cory Osborne and drummer John Rungger left the band in late 2007, and Airiel relocated to Bridgeport, a neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.

Airiel toured the UK and Ireland in April 2008 with Ulrich Schnauss, who had collaborated with the band on The Battle of Sealand track "Sugar Crystals". [7]

After signing with Shelflife Records in 2011, [3] Airiel returned in 2012 with the Kid Games EP.

On March 10, 2017, the "Cloudburst" single was issued. [8] Their second studio album, Molten Young Lovers , was released by Shelflife on October 13, 2017. [9]

The band, now the duo of Wrenn and Andrew Marrah, self-released the single "Bloom" on September 4, 2020, for Bandcamp Friday. The song is lead track from their forthcoming EP.

Members

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Discography

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EPs

Singles

Compilation albums

Compilation appearances

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References

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  2. 1 2 Colville, Liz (September 6, 2007). "Airiel: The Battle of Sealand". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Interview: Jeremy Wrenn of Airiel". Whenthesunhitsblog.blogspot.com. May 4, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ Balde, Lisa (August 24, 2007). "Airiel: Shoegaze was always meant to be loud". Daily Herald . Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  5. ↑ Ferguson, Jason (August 23, 2007). "Airiel: The Battle of Sealand Review". Orlando Weekly . Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  6. ↑ "First live gig to rock Sealand". responsesource. September 25, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  7. ↑ Parrish, Peter (August 27, 2007). "Airiel - The Battle of Sealand - Review". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Airiel - Cloudburst". Discogs. 10 March 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  9. ↑ "shelflife records: airiel – molten young lovers". Shelflife Records. Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
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