4 years ago today we demo’d “IXXI” theshoreswoodshop with our buddy Shawn. At the time, we were scrambling to round out the original EP concept, as we were already on the books with steve.albini at his studio… https://t.co/nPraofQaLG
Massive shoutout to Jonel radiojnj at WRIF 101wrif for putting “Echelon” on blast 📻 last night 🙌 What most people don’t know is that @autopilothq have been through the ringer with this latest record - aside from the… https://t.co/D2vTQXHvnE
The riff that hits right here ☝️ is the cornerstone of HDN|HND, a motif foreshadowed in “IXXI” and explored further in the albums closing track, “Bluebeam.” While the arrangement took some time to iron out - another… https://t.co/iQy1qv1iYG
“Q” was one of the last tunes written & arranged for HDN|HND. Since the majority of useable material was about as straight-forward as AP’s ever been, a very conscious decision was made to not only “stretch out” and… https://t.co/4bdkcImnaf
“Devil’s Gate” was the first song we tracked (early afternoon, 2/16/17) while recording HDN|HND. Relatively straightforward, it seemed like the right choice to kick off the session, nothing too tricky or complicated… https://t.co/gvu2Xe3WuZ
One of the lengthier delays in rolling out HDN|HND was sorting out the licensing rights for this piece ☠️🔥☠️ (“Untitled/OQ/From Heart to Heart” by Zdzislaw Beksinski, 1987) Although one of our favorite artists for… https://t.co/WyP3Rv9Lfs
Although “Dark Skies” had been floating around since 2014/15, it was another tune not included in the original 4-song EP format. It was, however, immediately thrown back onto the pile of “usable material” once the… https://t.co/f3Z14Y1D6t
“White Noise” was the first song written for HDN|HND, back in 2014. It existed in a simpler form at the time - just an intro/verse and the hook - but we immediately knew it would be a good jumping off point for… https://t.co/mW761OIFEM