Aero Flynn

Description

Josh Scott is ready to unveil the unique and stunning fruits of his labour on his self-titled debut album as the distinctively named Aero Flynn a record that may never have seen the light of day, had it not been for his old friend Justin Vernon of Bon Iver fame.

Up to now Scott may have been living life as an outsider but solid relationships sit at the very heart of his musical make up. Whilst his grandfather played a key influence on his life and new stage name (I grew up with him and he worships old cinema so Ive seen every Errol Flynn film, explains Scott of the reason behind his new guise, Its my Narnia.), his saving grace has become those who surrounded him during the 2000s while attending the University Of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. During that time Scotts band Amateur Love was the most talked about band in the small college towns scene.

After struggling with the high expectations thrust upon him (so esteemed was his song writing to those who knew him back then that the Lip Parade sited in Bon Ivers Holocene is a direct reference to one of Scotts earlier songs), Scott disbanded the group, moved to Chicago and stepped further back into the shadows. After being diagnosed with a mysterious autoimmune disease affecting his kidney in addition to crippling untreated depression, he went underground. That is, until now.

Refusing to let Scott go without a fight, Vernon eventually managed to coax him back out of hibernation by establishing a label on which to reissue the one and only Amateur Love album. This was the spark; Scotts interest was piqued and he began writing and recording what would become Aero Flynns deeply personal self-titled debut. The writing for it began in Scotts empty Chicago apartment and it brilliantly displays a newfound exploration of longform composition techniques and ambiguities rather than the simple versechorus- verse-type song structure he had mastered. Once the songs arrived at Vernons April Base Studios in rural Wisconsin (where he and Scott coproduced the self-titled debut together) the songs were stretched and manipulated further into their spaced out ethereal final form.

With a dazzling cast of musicians, including Bon Iver players Mike Noyce, Sean Carey, Rob Moose and CJ Camerieri plus Justin Vernon himself, guitarist Matt Sweeney, pedal steeler Ben Lester and Solid Golds Adam Hurlburt, recording progressed well and, over the course of a year, an album that many had spent over a decade waiting for was finally finished.

The Aero Flynn live band sees Josh joined by the Mike Noyce, Dave Power and Adam Hurlburt and theyll be hitting the UKs shores this September.

Red vinyl LP also includes download code.