Iter Facere
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Iter Facere is the first album from the band Pilotdrift
. The band recorded, produced, mastered, and released the LP themselves. It is now out of print.
Pilotdrift
-Background:The band was formed in 2004 by Kelly Carr, Micah Dorsey, Jay Budzilowski, Ben Rice, and Eric Russell. After touring in and around Texarkana, Tyler, and Dallas, their self-released album, Iter Facere, was discovered by Tim DeLaughter and Julie Doyle of The Polyphonic Spree. Pilotdrift...
. The band recorded, produced, mastered, and released the LP themselves. It is now out of print.
Track listing
All songs written by Pilotdrift.- "Caught In My Trap" – 4:07
- "Picturesque" – 2:55
- "Elephant Island" – 5:50
- "Sails" – 4:39
- "Winter" – 3:38
- "Rings Of Symbols" – 7:51
- "The Meaningless Words Of Bobby Baker" – 3:58
- "Doom And Despair" – 3:26
- "Dancing Bear" – 3:45
- "Science And Enlightenment" – 3:58
- "The Undiscovered Epic Of Walter Champion" – 6:57
- "A Traitor's Brain" – 5:39
- "So Long" – 5:41
Trivia
- The name of the album, when literally translated from Latin to English, means "to make a journey" or "to travel".
- The song "Elephant Island" was inspired by the story of Ernest ShackletonErnest ShackletonSir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE was a notable explorer from County Kildare, Ireland, who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration...
's 1914–1916 trans-Antarctic expedition. - The train sound effect at the beginning of "Rings of Symbols" was created with a Fender Stratocaster playing through a Boss GT-6 processor.
- The Lyrics of "The Meaningless Words of Bobby Baker" were ad-libbed by former guitarist/vocalist Micah Dorsey and recorded in a single take.
- The vocal samples in "Science and Enlightenment" were taken from a cassette tape of Kelly Carr's father, Mike.
- "The Undiscovered Epic of Walter Champion" was heavily influenced by The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
. They are mentioned in the lyrics and the instrumentals are very similar to those of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)I Want You (She's So Heavy)"I Want You " is a song by The Beatles, from their album Abbey Road. It was written by John Lennon, although credited to Lennon–McCartney....
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