If It's Too Loud...

It's been a few years since we last heard from Idle Pilot. The Lowell band returns with new music, but the bad new is that this might be their last since Evan is moving away over the summer. But if their upcoming album is their final one as a band, at least they're going out with a bang. "Feign Surprise" is a wonderfully noisy indie rock track. It's filled with a ton of fuzz and is just a meteor of noise. It's definitely a lo-fi indie rock track, but it has some of that epic sound poking just underneath like your favorite songs off Bleach. Idle Pilot are one of our favorite bands from Lowell's current musical revival, so we'll be sad to see them go. But at least we're going to get one more killer album from them as a goodbye. You can listen to "Feign Surprise" below. Ok, Great! is due out May 5 and is available for pre-order through Bandcamp . For more on Idle Pilot, check out the band on Facebook and Instagram . OK, Great! by Idle Pilot

Lowell, MA is one of the very few dying mill cities that has successfully turned itself into an artists' community. With that is an insane number of great bands, the latest of which (that we've discovered, at least) is Idle Pilot. Their latest song, "Blind Initiation," is the kind of indie rock that made us love the genre. They do the loud/quiet/loud thing in a new way. They more ease you into one from the other in a much more subtle way. Plus, "Blind Initiation" works its way from a more abrasive, Fugazi-like cacophony to a much more tuneful, harmonic blend of indie rock so quickly you can barely register it. You can listen to "Blind Initiation" below. Balancing Act , the new album from Idle Pilot, will be out on September 9. Currently the album is available as a pre-order bundle that includes a digital download, t-shirt, stickers, and a cassette, somehow for only $10.00. And all proceeds from this option go to Violence in Boston. You can get ...