Personnel- Kirk Comstock (lead vocals/guitar) Jordi Comstock (drums/vocals) Luke Comstock (bass)Don’t tell us what we want/Don’t tell us what to say/Never did any opinion poll/Never did any survey/But still our numbers grow/Getting bigger everyday/How come no one else here knows/How we ended up this way… –“To Be Freeâ€Already nominated for Alternative Album of the Year by the East Coast Music Association and Music Nova Scotia for their 2005 self-titled debut, Air Traffic Control releases its finest effort to date, To Be Free. Simply put, To Be Free is the album that will be heard on stereos, iPods, and seen on television screens across the nation in 2007.A little presumptuous? Maybe. Not until you hear the music, however. Written by brothers Jordi (drums) and Kirk (guitars, vocals) Comstock along with cousin Luke Comstock (bass) and co-produced by acclaimed producer Laurence Currie (Sloan, Wintersleep, Gandharvas), it features a string of potential hits and radio-ready singles in “Around,†“Only Child,†“New Year’s Ex,†as well as the title track.Front to back, To Be Free is the kind of albums great bands make - the kind that’s listenable from beginning to end. It has dynamic, organic guitars and heartfelt lyrics of life, love and loss from a lead singer that ought to be a magazine cover; a surefire percussion section from a player that doubles as a jazz drummer in his spare time; and a bassist who cites Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order as his idol.Already a known entity amongst industry insiders and music fans, and with tours of Canada on the horizon, there’s no telling where To Be Free will take these secret stars from small-town Lunenburg, set to play packed audiences in cities everywhere. If you haven’t heard of Air Traffic Control yet, now’s the time to listen.
