Devin Smith - vocals
Rainer Davies - guitar
Patrick Hart - keyboards
Joe Rehmer - bass
Richard Hargett - drums
Actually, Airship Rocketship is simply the former Miami band Cassette with a flashy new name. Faced with the tiresome prospect of defeating dozens of other bands named Cassette, these men simply found a name that no one else shared.

This is not the only new feature of the band. The first album under the moniker Airship Rocketship, "Avarice and Fear," pegged for release in 2009, finds more of the extraordinary songwriting of Devin Smith that won hearts on 2007's "Beautiful California" (Honor Roll/Atomisk) but with the complement of a full band. This isn't just any band, either - more weight has been given to technical wizardry and it shows. The band effortlessly weaves complex polyrhythms and harmonized solos worthy of the finer metal bands, but all within the palette of danceable indie pop. Special care has been taken with arrangements, and debuts of the new material in Miami clubs has, by all accounts, kept the hipsters dancing and the metalheads impressed.

Airship Rocketship was thrown a bit of a curveball in July of 2008 when their drummer, Richard Hargett, was diagnosed with brain cancer. Fortunately, after a few intense months, his tumor is gone and the band is back to recording and rehearsing. The band is now taking its time putting finishing touches on the album, beginning to play live a bit, and prepping for the album release in 2009. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.