By simply being themselves and not trying to act out a manufactured imageor fit a specific niche Isaac’s Aircraft have built a strongrelationship with a broad fanbase, leading to support slots in the UK and Europewith acts as diverse as The Zutons, Amy Winehouse and The Like, andbringing airplay not just on indie and mainstream stations but also specialistoutlets such as Kerrang. In the studio they’ve sought to work withpeople who bring something different to the table, whether it’s unfettered indieproducers such as Paul Tipler (Stereolab, Idlewild, The Pipettes, Elastica)and Gavin Monaghan (The Editors, The Twang, Broadcast) or the multipleGrammy-nominated classical expertise of Adrian Carr.

Isaac’s Aircraft are a band from Cambridge that enjoys confounding expectations, bothmusically and personally. In many ways the mix of individuals and influencesthat make up the band shouldn’t work, but that’s exactly where they draw theirstrength and inspiration, having already racked up a top 30 indie single and atop 10 US internet college radio hit. ‘Pigeonholes are fine if you’re a pigeon’muses keyboard player Martin, ‘though I suspect that even some pigeons mightyearn for more!’