In-Flight Safety
Halifax, Nova Scotia is a coastal city – a Canadian indie music hub since t… Read Full Bio ↴Halifax, Nova Scotia is a coastal city – a Canadian indie music hub since the 1990’s, nestled among ragged shorelines of the Atlantic Ocean. From this home base, In-Flight Safety has been crafting thoughtful, melodic indie rock that’s made its way across North America and Europe.
There’s been a lot of praise and accolades over the years, from television placements to awards, but the band still had growing to do. From The Coast is Clear (2006) to We Are an Empire, My Dear (2009), In-Flight Safety was building a solid fan-base in North America, the UK and Germany. Whether it was a performance on BBC Radio in London or a SXSW showcase, the band was outwardly focused during those years, playing copious shows and making new music for their fans.
Pre-2011 In-Flight Safety was by all accounts an extrovert. In 2011, the gears shifted. John Mullane (Vocals/guitars) spent time scoring films and Glen Nicholson (Drums) went to school to study architecture. At a glance the band had a record’s worth of new material ready to go. “At the end of 2011, I listened all our demos but all I saw was trees. No forest. I called Glen and was totally honest. To me, that’s when we started working on the album – during that conversation,” says Mullane.
From this introspection, confidence and maturity, Mullane and Nicholson came together to construct Conversationalist. It was built, literally and figuratively, on the backs of thousands of conversations between Mullane and Nicholson. Inspired by contemporary bands like Wild Nothing, The Walkmen and DIIV, In-Flight Safety created an album that is true to their history, but their most adventurous and honest. “There’s a celebratory feeling in the new songs. If we have a playful side, it’s on this album,” says Mullane.
The ten tracks on Conversationalist balance the light and the dark that is In-Flight Safety. You’ve got guitar hooks that will get stuck in your head and make you want to dance all night, but the imagery is more mysterious. It can be raw and haunting, but always uplifting with rich, thoughtful production that’s anything but indie. Mixed by Gus van Go (The Stills, Hollerado) in Brooklyn NY, Conversationalist is crafted with meticulous attention to detail. There’s beauty in opposites and this record is both pragmatic and ethereal, it builds and burns, leaving you wanting more. It’s a love letter and a breakup in one album.
But even introverts need to get out. Conversationalist will be released late summer 2014 (tour dates to follow) and In-Flight Safety will head out on the road, crossing oceans and continents. It’s good to talk.
There’s been a lot of praise and accolades over the years, from television placements to awards, but the band still had growing to do. From The Coast is Clear (2006) to We Are an Empire, My Dear (2009), In-Flight Safety was building a solid fan-base in North America, the UK and Germany. Whether it was a performance on BBC Radio in London or a SXSW showcase, the band was outwardly focused during those years, playing copious shows and making new music for their fans.
Pre-2011 In-Flight Safety was by all accounts an extrovert. In 2011, the gears shifted. John Mullane (Vocals/guitars) spent time scoring films and Glen Nicholson (Drums) went to school to study architecture. At a glance the band had a record’s worth of new material ready to go. “At the end of 2011, I listened all our demos but all I saw was trees. No forest. I called Glen and was totally honest. To me, that’s when we started working on the album – during that conversation,” says Mullane.
From this introspection, confidence and maturity, Mullane and Nicholson came together to construct Conversationalist. It was built, literally and figuratively, on the backs of thousands of conversations between Mullane and Nicholson. Inspired by contemporary bands like Wild Nothing, The Walkmen and DIIV, In-Flight Safety created an album that is true to their history, but their most adventurous and honest. “There’s a celebratory feeling in the new songs. If we have a playful side, it’s on this album,” says Mullane.
The ten tracks on Conversationalist balance the light and the dark that is In-Flight Safety. You’ve got guitar hooks that will get stuck in your head and make you want to dance all night, but the imagery is more mysterious. It can be raw and haunting, but always uplifting with rich, thoughtful production that’s anything but indie. Mixed by Gus van Go (The Stills, Hollerado) in Brooklyn NY, Conversationalist is crafted with meticulous attention to detail. There’s beauty in opposites and this record is both pragmatic and ethereal, it builds and burns, leaving you wanting more. It’s a love letter and a breakup in one album.
But even introverts need to get out. Conversationalist will be released late summer 2014 (tour dates to follow) and In-Flight Safety will head out on the road, crossing oceans and continents. It’s good to talk.
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In-Flight Safety Lyrics
Actors City streets playing hide and seek With liars on the shore L…
Amy Racina If not for the Holy Ghost If not for the rescue…
Animals // animals // We are but animals Lost in the wilderness The…
Any Sense of Time Whoo Ooh Ooh Whoo Ooh Whoo Ooh Ooh Whoo Ooh Whoo Ooh Ooh…
Attitude Fix your attitude I know that you mad at me…
Before We Were Animals There is no way For me to stay I need no one…
Big White Elephant We're in a new state A state used to burn I know…
Blue Flares Blue Flares I fell down Now I'm lost at sea I'm setting blu…
CloudHead Oh The doctor's coming to wipe you down And feed you to…
Coast is Clear There's love in the air But your feet, they're on the…
Crash/Land We're playing at our part of fools who do no…
Crowd We hear a voice Call through the mass We look out No faces…
Destroy I've heard some say it's just the way things are No…
Fear You, you can go outside alone The city awaits you there …
Fill Our Wounds We are the fire We don't back down It's in our blood Red Pou…
I Could Love You More We're hung out to dry We're hung out to dry and…
Letting Go Ooh When all the world's gone to bed I'm in this…
Lost You know when you're gone Yeah When you're lost then I'll mi…
Lucky Boy So you feel your life won't be easy and you've…
Missing Persons You know who She's looking for you And you know who She's ca…
Model Homes I need to be alone I need to be alone I don't…
Paperthin I know a lot's at stake and I hope that…
Silent Treatment Now I just saw a love It broke out of you…
Somebody's Watching You All you said to me today Oh You learned in magazines All th…
Surround There's a little hope In the little plans The bells chime …
That Day All you've ever done It falls before your eyes And all you…
The Warning I don't believe I let you down And if this is…
The World Won't I found I found you on the ground with the sun…
Time & Place there is no map or chart or science behind the start for…
Torches Dark of the morning It comes without a warning It comes wi…
Turn Me Around I'm sorry that I couldn't love you back when you…
Turn Off If something's wrong with you You know that love I'd do…