A trip to the "legendary" 100 Club, to see rising band Air Traffic - signed to a record label recently, and with a couple of decent singles under their belt already. As ever at the 100 Club, the gig was pretty packed, and pretty smoky also - there never seems to be any possibility for any air to move around in there. This was the last date of a nationwide tour that had seen them fully exhaust the club circuit.After a support band whose name I didn't manage to catch (because the singer was guilty of some random mumbling between songs, and that was about it), Air Traffic came on stage. In a good mood because the tour was finishing, they engaged in good banter with the audience. They seemed to alternate between playing piano-led songs, and guitar-led songs, which meant that their sound didn't get a chance to get boring.
Already playlisted on Radio 2, their piano-led songs make it easy to see why. They could be as annoyingly omnipresent as Keane in a few years time. However, the guitar-based songs really add something that Keane do not have, they can rock out as well, and so probably Coldplay is a fairer comparison. The songs are good, it is all very safe and nice and friendly, but they seemed to be a decent enough band, with some reasonably catchy tunes. Their style means that I am not wildly enthusiastic, but they will probably do well in terms of sales and radio play.
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