This EP is released as a farewell to our drummer, Tyler Zanon and guitar player Will Langlais. Recorded before our cross-Canada tour in April 2017, the tour was successful but ultimately brought to light creative differences between band members and ultimately causing Tyler and Will to part ways with the band. Truth be told, this wasn't a process that happened gracefully.

Originally, these songs were recorded as incomplete demos and were conceived to be part of a larger concept album. Each song is a place in a coherent world, with every song plotted out on a map sequentially. It would have taken the listener through a literal journey from point A to B to C and detailed what happened there.

Sadly and obviously, this album did not come to fruition.

These songs were never finished. What is contained in these tracks is simply as far as we had gotten. Parts are missing, the lyrics weren't final and the songs could have easily been restructured.

Largely, this EP is a product of kindness courtesy of Ian Buchanan for initially tracking us and getting the ball rolling on this project, and Paul Michalewicz for offering his mixing and mastering services to make these tracks something that we could share with you.

All of this said, Air Combat will continue to be a project with new music being written as we speak. Thank you to Will and Tyler for helping to shape the band this far and best of luck with your future projects.

Lastly, False Recovery was picked as the title for this EP as a testament to how difficult moving forward can be, both logistically and mentally. It's been a rollercoaster trying to continue with Air Combat as a project, with many ups and downs and false starts. Sometimes it felt like we had almost recovered only for things and people to fall through yet again. Those were false recoveries, and they served to feed a spiral of defeating thoughts and depression throughout this period of time.

Thank you,
Sheldon