Young Aviators
Young Aviators | |
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 Young Aviators (from L to R) Melling, McKay, Markey and Haughey performing in December 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Genres | Alternative rock, post-grunge, indie rock, britpop, punk rock |
| Years active | 2009–2016 |
| Labels | Electric Honey (UK) |
| Members | Declan McKay John Markey Kyle Haughey Oliver Melling |
| Website | youngaviators |
Young Aviators are a Scottish rock band based in Glasgow, Scotland.[1] They released their début album Self Help with the label Electric Honey in 2013.[2]
History
Young Aviators were formed in 2009 by childhood friends Declan McKay (singer/songwriter), Kyle Haughey (bassist) and John Markey (drummer).[3][4] In 2014 keyboardist Oliver Melling joined the band.[5]
In 2009 they toured the UK with indie rock band Reef.[6] In 2011 they released their EP Hunting for Heaven, which was favourably reviewed in musicOMH,[7] and toured with The Subways in the UK.[8]
In 2013 they released their debut album Self Help under the indie label Electric Honey.[9]
The band toured in the UK, Germany and Austria tour supporting Sportfreunde Stiller[10] and had a supporting slot on tour with indie group Travis.[11][12]
In August 2015 they released a music video on YouTube to accomapany their new single "Drive-Thru Culture Night."[13]
References
- ^ "Introducing Young Aviators". Culture Northern Ireland.
- ^ "Young Aviators – Self Help". theskinny.co.uk.
- ^ Culture Northern Ireland. "Introducing Young Aviators". belfastmusic.org.
- ^ "Young Aviators". amazingtunes.com.
- ^ "goomusic-management". goomusic-management.
- ^ Mary McCool. "Young Aviators support Travis in Edinburgh - STV Edinburgh - Edinburgh". STV Edinburgh.
- ^ "Young Aviators – Self Help". musicOMH.
- ^ "Live photoreview: The Subways / Young Aviators / Man of Moon". is this music?.
- ^ "Young Aviators - Forward Thinking". Clash Magazine.
- ^ Christian Bolza, xhoch4 - designpluskultur. "Sportfreunde Stiller - 29.10.2013 Ravensburg Oberschwabenklub (ausverkauft)". Sportfreunde Stiller - Die offizielle Webseite der Sportfreunde Stiller.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Travis support slots for the Young Aviators". STV Glasgow.
- ^ Mary McCool. "Young Aviators play with Bwani Junction in Glasgow - STV Glasgow - Glasgow". STV Glasgow.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x3hfYffo5M
External links
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