{"id":12174,"date":"2025-06-27T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=12174"},"modified":"2026-05-02T16:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T15:13:19","slug":"aerial-salad-bridge-the-gap-between-albums-with-blistering-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=12174","title":{"rendered":"Aerial Salad bridge the gap between albums with blistering EP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EP REVIEW: Aerial Salad – Roi de L’Herbe (Venn Records)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Manchester punks Aerial Salad<\/strong> are back with their first new music in a year with this five-track EP, and it’s something of a return to their roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three-piece made their name on the DIY circuit as a snotty young band who made quite a glorious racket with their debut album Roach <\/em>(2017) and 2020 follow-up Dirt Mall<\/em> (reviewed here<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Older and wiser, last year’s third album R.O.I.<\/em> (reviewed here<\/a><\/strong>) saw them take a sidestep into the ’90s Madchester sound of their home city, giving a nod to the likes of Stone Roses and Happy Mondays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Groovy times<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This EP sees them retain plenty of groove, while getting back to what I reckon they do best: their very modern take on loud blaring punk rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It opens with King Of The Grass<\/em>, which is based around a swaggering riff and throbbing bassline. Frontman Jamie reckons it’s a tribute to bassist Wimbo, who works in ground maintenance for the council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lyrics are enormously tongue in cheek, and it’s one of the catchiest songs they’ve written yet. It gives the EP its name when translated into French, though methinks it could also be a cheeky reference to a more ‘medicinal’ kind of grass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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