"Co-pilot hammers out turbulent, furious noise and layered, instrumental epics that unfold in movements instead of a traditional song structure. Over a mountain of thundering bass and drums, the guitars alternately contrast gentle, delay-drenched melodies with tidal waves of distortion and feedback as if they were trying to be the quietest and loudest band in the world simultaneously." - Ed Bernays
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"In the Riddicktian system of movie reviewing, there are only a possible three stars: one each for explosions, outer-space and Vin Diesel. So, lets say that Mr. Too Fast, Too Furious decided that, when it was time to soften up his image a bit, chose not to go the second-rate Kindergarten Cop route but instead took on a project were he was revealed to be vulnerable, and suffers a vivid, personal but not planet-destroying loss of a woman that he loved. And imagine if, the producers wanting to get a perfect three-star rating, had decided to set said climax of catharsis against the background of an explosion in outer space. Yeah, Co-Pilot’s ‘Low Earth Orbit’ is kinda tite that way (HEY! DON’T HATE ON VIN DIESEL!)." - The Skyline Network [Does Your I-pod Know: Co-Pilot - Low Earth Orbit]
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"I've been very remiss in putting these guys up here, especially since I've had a handful of their songs on my iPod for, what?, a year now? (Guys, are you ever going to put up any new tracks on the MySpace page? Please? I know they were promised at the end of Feb., but I sure haven't seen anything new...) Plus, they've got a fine H-town rock pedigree, with at least one (possibly two) ex-member(s) of one of my favorite local indie-rock bands of all time, Scooter. What the hell -- I like the songs and the people involved, and yet, I haven't gotten off my ass and made 'em a Featured Band? Yep; I've been a bad, bad, lazy person.

In my defense, I'd kinda been holding my breath/crossing my fingers for the band's first actual release -- to my knowledge, the only songs they've got out so far are the three up here, so I figured rather than put 'em in the list on the strength of those three tracks, I'd wait for a full-length (or at least an EP). Over time, however, those three tracks have worn me down, dammit. I give!

At any rate, Co-Pilot have kind of fallen in with the little nu-spacerock scene that's been going on here for a while now, alongside bands like Storms Threaten to Destroy and Antarctica Starts Here, and I have to say that I love the fact that there's a whole crew of like-minded folks doing this kind of thing in our fair city. The music bridges the gap between MBV-style fuzz and Explosions in the Sky-style distant space-instro-country (with a bit of Denton spacerockers The Secret Machines thrown in, to boot) -- we're talking roaring-yet-gorgeous guitars, head-nodding, heartbeat-steady rhythms, soaring, melancholy melodies, and the occasional gentle, Seam-esque vocal.

I haven't yet caught these folks live (I've been hoping to, but now they're apparently headed off to tour Canada and party like rockstars), but damn, the music's impressive. Check out the MySpace tracks if you get a chance -- "Low Earth Orbit" kills me every time, and "Elysian Fields" is freakin' majestic as hell, as well -- or, better yet, go see 'em play live. And again: guys, please record/put up some more stuff soon? Alternate Website: http://www.myspace.com/copilot [5/9/2007] " - spacecityrock