interview
Airway:
serenity
of a rock band
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heir latest work is Aldilà, Italian word
for “beyond the life”: the Airway are now
veterans of the Italian independent rock and
have recently published their fourth album, a
very solid work, with various references
to post-mortem issues. We had a chat
with the band.
First, the obvious question: why an album
speaking often about the subject of death,
starting with the title?
The theme recurs in fact more than one song
(even if not in the entire album); we realize
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that the decision to go into this is not simple nor “pop”, it was the result of numerous
discussions and meetings that accompanied
the year of writing “Aldilà”. If we assume that
death is the only sure thing in our earthly
life, perhaps it’s not so absurd to talk about
it, especially in a world that tends to treat
the subject as taboo, when it could be faced
with great serenity and acceptance; always, all
forms of art have asked questions, but in an
uncomfortable way, toward life and its meaning... This record brings some of those que-
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