Aina hail from Barcelona, Spain and play beautiful, inspiring, melodic punk rock with a nod to Jawbox and a not so subtle infatuation with AC/DC. Bipartite is their 3rd CD (following a full-length and a singles compilation) and was originally released on their home Catalonian label, BCore Disc in 2001.
Aina first came to our attention when The Capitol City Dusters shared the stage (and a split 7") with them on our entire 1999 European tour. We were absolutely blown away by their drop dead live performances night after night and by their incredible hospitality while we were in Barcelona. Needless to say we quickly became huge fans and fast friends and have been plotting ever since to get them over here to spread the wealth.
Bipartite was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, VA with J. Robbins in the Summer of 2001. J. then took them on tour for two weeks with Burning Airlines where they were enthusiastically embraced by packed audiences. Superbad released the American version of this record to coincide with a Dusters/Aina USA tour in November 2002 that included dates with their other European touring brothers, Shiner and Engine Down.
Member Updates
- Artur founded Nueva Volcano in 2003 and they released several highly acclaimed albums on Bcore Disc from 2004-2021. He also manages Sava Vol, a live venue in Barcelona.
- Titi plays guitar in Tokyo Sex Destruction and tends to the his family's home design and renovation business alongside his brother Alvaro.
- Pau lives in New Jersey with his family and can periodically been seen behind the kit with garage rock legends The Insomniacs.