The Airborne Toxic Event have just announced that they will return to Ireland for a gig at The Academy this April.
The band’s fourth album Dope Machines is due out later this month and has been produced by frontman Mikel Jollett, who said he was inspired by an acapella version of Queen and David Bowie’s classic duet Under Pressure.
“Somebody played it for me, and it blew my mind. I made a decision to change my whole approach to music. I just wanted to be joyful about it. I wasn’t going to worry anymore. For the first three records, I thought mostly like a writer. My mindset changed. It was about inventing a musical logic that was unabashedly catchy and rhythmic, but way weirder than anything we’ve done in the past,” he said.
“It’s like debuting a new phase. It was a new approach. We’ve got a new label. We threw out everything we were tired of and moved on to a brand new palette. That was the goal. This isn’t what The Airborne Toxic Event is supposed to be. This is who we are.”
The group, which also features Steven Chen (guitar, keyboards), Anna Bulbrook (violin, keyboard, backing vocals), Daren Taylor (drums), and Adrian Rodríguez (bass), will play The Academy on Sunday April 19th.
Tickets, priced at €19, go on sale on Friday February 20th at 9am from Ticketmaster.ie and usual outlets.
For more, see www.theairbornetoxicevent.com or www.mcd.ie.
