After initially given away as a free download via www.pauldempseymusic.com, "Out the Airlock" was the first single to be released from the forthcoming debut solo album for Something for Kate

Something for Kate

Something for Kate are a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Members include songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, drummer Clint Hyndman and bassist Stephanie Ashworth...

 frontman, Paul Dempsey

Paul Dempsey

Paul Dempsey is the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of Australian rock group Something for Kate. Paul was a founding member of the band, and in August 2009 released his first solo album, Everything Is True whilst continuing his work with Something for Kate...

 through EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

. It was then released exclusively through itunes Australia on 15 May.

"Out the Airlock" combines a beautiful and sparse acoustic guitar line with lyrics that reference a series of violent images from classic movie plots.

Reviews

"Deceptively brilliant...the track has a gentle repetitive guitar riff augmented by a typically atmospheric vocal.The full album is due for release in July and if Out the Airlock is anything to go by, it should be a corker." - Andrew Murfett, The Age

The Age

The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...