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Wheatley-based band Airstar have produced a mini-album packed with soaring harmonies and big choruses.
Airstar's demo is something quite amazing, opening with the title track 'Beautiful thing' which I have played consistently since receiving it.
If only the charts were full of more songs like this - it beams proud and uses electronics in a most mainstream and likeable way.
The tune resounds in my head and later I find myself singing it and thinking damn this song is really good, who is it again?!
Someday is another beautiful love song, the vocals are a little less forceful but they glide and soar.
The chorus isn't as anthemic as 'Beautiful thing' but it's not offensive and the ending makes up for it, with percussion which sounds similar to a baby's chime, making the lullaby sensation almost tangible.
Chromium, has insightful lyrics such as "we surround ourselves with precious things, to cover up our pain", but the music soon becomes a bit too repetitive.
I'm unsure of the inspiration behind the song but the lyrics and the big chorus - with its build up of guitar riffs, harmonies and grooves - give the listener everything Airstar initially promised.
Airstar are a hidden treasure looking to be found.
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