Air Traffic Controller is back with their second record NORDO - it is out now!
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| Nordo cover |
Track list
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Hurry Hurry
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2
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If You Build It
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3
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You Know Me
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4
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Pick Me Up
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5
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The Work
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6
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Blame
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7
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Any Way
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8
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Magic
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9
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Ready Or Not
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10
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Different
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11
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A Minute To Think
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12
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Thinking Of You
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Let's go back in time: In November 2011 Air Traffic Controller raised 12.000 US$ on kickstarter.com for their second album NORDO. And I missed it. Damn.
Further back in time: Singer-songwriter Dave Munro, a real-life air traffic controller serving in the US Navy had written and recorded 4-track demos during his deployment.
He returned to his hometown Boston and founded the band ... Air Traffic Controller.
One of his demos reached singer-songwriter and producer Bleu. Everything fell into place resulting in a collective work on NORDO.
Now a few words about the songs: The upbeat, stomping playful Hurry Hurry - the first single from Nordo - opens the album and leads to the compelling If You Build It.
The floating Pick Me Up is predestined for a radio single. It's catchy like hell.
Already after my first listen to Blame I thought "this is one epic ballad" - the one ballad that can make a band famous all around the globe.
Any Way and Ready Or Not are melodic gems.
A Minute To Think is ... a minute to think. Yes, it's one minute of silence.
It's followed by the closing song Thinkin' Of You, which starts quiet and passes on to a playful finale.
I was a bit worried, NORDO could be one of these records you buy because of two or three songs that are really good, and at the moment you listen to the whole record you immediately get sobered. Then there's a phase of "Well, they might all be good but I have to listen more often". Finally you recognize they are not and the record finds its place in the shelf between all the other records and will be forgotten. And you'll hardly play it again because of your disappointment of the whole thing. Nordo is fortunately not this kind of record. Every song has its right to be part of it. There is on filler song. Great work ATC!
Highlights: Hurry Hurry, If You Build It, Pick Me Up, Blame, Ready Or Not
You can stream four songs from it at soundcloud:
The a full album stream can also be found at relix.com:
One more thing: I'll repeat myself here but NORDO produced by the one and only Bleu!
Preorder it at Newburycomics.com - with an autographed booklet!
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