One of the UK’s pioneering AOR acts, Airrace were originally formed in 1982.
Release Date: 10-08-2018
Genre: Melodic Rock
TRACKLIST
1. Running Out Of Time
2. Innocent
3. Eyes Like Ice
4. Different But The Same
5. New Skin
6. Lost
7. Love Is Love
8. Men From The Boys
9. Summer Rain
10. Come With Us
11. Here It Comes
LINEUP
Adam Payne - vocals
Laurie Mansworth - guitar
Rocky Newton - bass
Linda Kelsey Foster - keyboards
Dhani Mansworth - drums
One of the UK’s pioneering AOR acts, Airrace were originally formed
in 1982. Having recently re-signed to the Frontiers label,
the band has announced a new album, entitled ‘Untold
Stories’, which
will be released
on 10th
August. Founding
member Laurie Mansworth says,“We had
a great time making the record. It’s not
typically Airrace, with a lot of the material being more 70’s
influenced. There is also a
much wider spectrum between light and shade
in the writing. I have always liked a wide range of different musical styles, from ELO to Led
Zep, and when writing these songs I
incorporated many of my influences from over the years.”
First single, ‘Summer Rain’, is described by Mansworth as “a song for the summer. I wanted to write something upbeat with a positive feel, as there is far too much
doom and gloom around
at the moment. This
song will hopefully take you to a sunny day and lift your spirit."
An eight date UK tour in September to promote the
album will see Airrace pairing up with Frontiers labelmates The Treatment, with
support from Tequila
Mockingbyrd. The itinerary is as follows :
21.09.18 CARDIFF
Clwb Ifor Bach
22.09.18 LONDON
Underworld
23.09.18 NORWICH
Waterfront
24.09.18 CAMBRIDGE Portland
27.09.18 WOLVERHAMPTON Slade Rooms
28.09.18 SHEFFIELD
Corporation
29.09.18 NEWCASTLE Cluny
30.09.18 GLASGOW Stereo
Known in Hard Rock circles for being the band that saw the
musical debut of drummer Jason Bonham, Airrace was the brainchild of former More guitarist
Laurie Mansworth. Following the acclaimed 1984 release of their debut album, ’Shaft
Of Light’, the
band supported rock titans such as Queen, AC/DC and Meat Loaf, but
they had crash-landed by the summer of 1985. It took a 25th
anniversary reissue of the record to reunite the group (with a slightly amended
line-up), and they eventually issued a second album, ‘Back To The
Start’, via Frontiers in
2011.
