FIRE IN THE RADIO SHARE VIDEO FOR ‘NEW AIR’ AND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM

Philadelphia-based FIRE IN THE RADIO have this week announced plans to follow-up their 2015 release Telemetry with a brand new sophomore album dubbed New Air. Alongside this news comes the release of a video for their lead single of the same name. 

Speaking of the video the band says: “New Air was written as a response to the current divisive climate in our country.” They add, “It’s told from the view of two people struggling to find a way forward in an untenable relationship. As we were conceptualizing the video we wanted something that embodied these concepts. The director, Adam Peditto, helped us settle on the idea that using color would be a unique and compelling way to express this narrative. Thus, throughout the video you see a juxtaposition of red, blue and purple underlying the story of the two main characters. It gives the video this film noir-type quality. Adam and his team beautifully shot these images over two winter days in Philadelphia that included dramatic temperature shifts, strong winds and (as the video depicts) a fairly significant thunder and lighting storm. The result is video that is reflective and haunting, yet hopeful, and perfectly captures what we were trying to convey." 

Coming in at just seven tracks, the record is relatively short. Explains the band: “We could have recorded a ten-song album, but that would have required us to put three shit songs on it which we simply refuse to do”.

New Air is set for release on 16th June via Wednesday Records, and can be pre-ordered now via Bandcamp. 

Photo Credit: Zach Wallace