Released on 5th March 2007

Following their 800,000 selling third album, “Talkie Walkie” (2004), Air are set to return with their new album “Pocket Symphony” to be released on 5th March 2007.

The album, made up of 12 songs that were recorded over the last 18 months and produced by long time partner Nigel Godrich, features vocals by Dunckel and Godin themselves but also from Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon (Divine Comedy).

Air once again achieve that rare supernova of artistic vision that dares to reconcile palpable, unapologetic ambience with unpretentious soulful simplicity. They create the alternate now, an environment that begs escapism without denying humanity.

While conventional instruments continue to play a great role, Air have fashioned several tracks from the new album with the addition of Far East classical instruments which Godin learnt to play from an Okinawa master - namely the Koto (usually referred to as a Japanese floor harp) and the Shamisen, a 3-stringed instrument which is one of Japan’s most popular classical instruments & resembles the banjo. Working their way throughout the album as musical ricochets, these unearthly sounds of an alien nature add another motif to Air’s sonic architecture.

Brought by the band into the visual creative process of the album artwork is contemporary artist Xavier Veilhan. Veilhan who, like Air, is both fascinated by the possibilities afforded by modern technology, and inspired by the conventional forms of 'classical' art, revisits and ‘models’ reality using modern media (photography, 3D scanning, digital imagery).

Air will embark on a European tour from Mid March, which will be followed by shows in the US from Mid April to Mid May. They will play at major festivals both in Europe and Japan during the summer and then continue touring for the rest of 2007.


The tracklisting is as follows:

1. Space maker
2. Once upon a time
3. One Hell of a party
4. Napalm love
5. Mayfair song
6. Left bank
7. Photograph
8. Mer du Japon
9. Lost message
10. Somewhere between waking and sleeping
11. Redhead girl
12. Night sight



[Edited 12/19/06 19:02pm]

word on the street is that its already leaked.



but thats the word.. on the street

god! their publist shouldnt snort coke before they write a press release, so pretentious

Awesome! I love Air and was wondering when they were putting out something new.


Just read the part about Jarvis Cocker.
[Edited 12/20/06 6:15am]

its a very interesting cd..

things to know:

Its very mellow
The piano gets a lot of use on this album, which is a good thing
vocals are pretty decent throughout whole album
a few really good instrumentals.
the album doesn't pick up speed hardly at all..
intersting melodies, and unique use of instrumentation.
the textures in the album are pretty neat sounding, but if you told me Nigel produced it... i might not have believed you.


i'm liking it so far, but part of me is holding back.. i'm hopin thats a good thing.. i have that feeling about albums i love most, at first

minneapolisgenius said:

You should pick up Charlotte Gainsbourg's album, music by Air, Lyrics by Jarvis Cocker, every song except one.

downloading it now Thanks for the heads up!

Walkie Talkie was pretty good. "Surfing On A Rocket" sounded ALOT like a Smashing Pumpkins song.

GREAT! Thanks a lot!

its growin on me big time.. i am extremely enjoyin this..


they are like a cocoon... growing into something really nice

pezdispenser said:

Really? I had no idea. Thanks for the info.

minneapolisgenius said:

OMG, did you just explode from the excitement?

Did a moderator just say he was downloading this album now? I so cant' wait for this! I've been looking forward to a new album from them, well, since their last one.

TommyRoss said:

Me too!

And yes, I did explode.