The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List - Wheres the new material

Following on from all your associated mail it confirms the picture I have built up of an albums worth of material hitting the proverbial buffers over a distribution deal,plus poor communication and organisation.The website has been awful for a number of years.Thankfully its now resurrected.Gerard first mentioned the new album in the liner notes for Cavaliers.Further references were made to it when Gerard appeared at the 12 Bar Club in London promoting Record Player in October 2001.He announced the band still had 2 tracks left to complete.When I contacted Art Star in April 2002 they informed me that the album was finished but that the band wanted a distribution deal to release the record in the Uk and the USA and were therefore touting labels such as East West.I even wrote a letter to the Aeroplanes at their contact address in April 2001 enquiring why such a great band were now stagnating in semi retirement.No response.I dont know why bands put contact details on their CDs only to not respond when interested parties contact them. The Rough Guide to rock in 1996 described the band as releasing a welter of back catalogue material

and presumed they were defunct.Such a shame.I know someone who saw the Planes at York University in 1992 and described the gig as orgasmic.If only they could organise themselves play a few more gigs,communicate with fans and release more materia we,d all be happy.My other fave band the Mekons have a great website and are enjoying more popularity now 25 years into their career than they ever did at the outset.All down to organisation and communication!