Biography
The alt-rock pair Idiot Pilot weaves synths and noise into a melodic post-hardcore framework. Their initial full-length, Strange We Should Meet Here from 2004, gave way to several follow-up releases over the next few years that softened the more abrasive textures without leaving the style behind. A hiatus that started in 2011 ended with the March 2019 arrival of the self-produced third album Blue Blood.
High-school friends Michael Harris and Daniel Anderson formed the project as multi-instrumentalists in Bellingham, Washington. Clickpop first issued Strange We Should Meet Here, after which Reprise put out a remastered edition in 2005; in between, the band offered the self-released EP A Silent Film. Before the year closed, Reprise also handled the To Buy a Gun EP and the remix collection Strange We Should Meet Here: Remixes.
Wolves, the second studio album, appeared in August 2007 under the guidance of producer Ross Robinson, whose prior credits include Korn and Glassjaw, along with blink-182’s Mark Hoppus. Travis Barker supplied drums for one track, while “Retina and the Sky” landed on the soundtrack for that summer’s blockbuster Transformers. The EP Cruel World Enterprise closed out the year, and Heart Is Long followed in 2008.
After parting with Reprise in 2009, Harris joined Cold frontman Scooter Ward’s side project the Killer and the Star for touring and recording. The standalone single “The Tail of a Jet Black Swan” surfaced in 2010. Citing exhaustion from work on a third album, the duo entered hiatus the next year and did not formally resume until February 2019, when they revealed the imminent release of Blue Blood.
High-school friends Michael Harris and Daniel Anderson formed the project as multi-instrumentalists in Bellingham, Washington. Clickpop first issued Strange We Should Meet Here, after which Reprise put out a remastered edition in 2005; in between, the band offered the self-released EP A Silent Film. Before the year closed, Reprise also handled the To Buy a Gun EP and the remix collection Strange We Should Meet Here: Remixes.
Wolves, the second studio album, appeared in August 2007 under the guidance of producer Ross Robinson, whose prior credits include Korn and Glassjaw, along with blink-182’s Mark Hoppus. Travis Barker supplied drums for one track, while “Retina and the Sky” landed on the soundtrack for that summer’s blockbuster Transformers. The EP Cruel World Enterprise closed out the year, and Heart Is Long followed in 2008.
After parting with Reprise in 2009, Harris joined Cold frontman Scooter Ward’s side project the Killer and the Star for touring and recording. The standalone single “The Tail of a Jet Black Swan” surfaced in 2010. Citing exhaustion from work on a third album, the duo entered hiatus the next year and did not formally resume until February 2019, when they revealed the imminent release of Blue Blood.
Albums
Singles
