Changing

The Airborne Toxic Event

All At Once

                                             From the mind of…
                                                  Jon Gamero

Dear TumblrPeeps,

You are cordially invited to celebrate the debut of Airborne Toxic Event here on Earworm Daily. BYOB.

The band got its start after frontman Mikel Jollett got hit with the emotional equivalent of a Mongo bat upside the head. After a break-up, having his mom diagnosed with cancer, and himself being diagnosed with a genetic auto-immune disease I can’t pronounce, he took the lemons life gave him and wrote Song-o-nades (patent pending).

This snowballed into what would eventually become their critically acclaimed self-titled album. It came out to a veritable round of critical high-fives in 2008, being lauded by the likes of the LA Times, the Boston Herald (who named it the debut album of the year), and iTunes (which gave the song Sometime Around Midnight their top spot as Alternative Track of the Year). The only naysayer was **drumroll** Pitchfork media, which gave it a 1.6 out of 10, saying it borrowed (or dredged) the most negative aspects of Interpol, Arcade Fire, and The Strokes.

The Airborne Toxic Event (hereinafter referred to as “They”) kept their chins up and did the touring thing, promoting their album to great success. They opened for the Fratellis in the US, and headlined 30 consecutive shows up and down the UK, finally garnering widespread appeal after tearing it up on late night TV. These appearances shot them up the charts and got them invites to the major summer festivals.

Today’s song is courtesy of their latest album which debuted just this April with similar praise from critics and artists alike.

I hope you took notes. There’s gonna be a test later.