PILOT SCOTT TRACY is a brainchild of Scott and Tracy Cox-Stanton, formerly of THE CAUSEY WAY--a literal flight of fantasy based on the good old days of air travel when stewardesses coddled you with free beverages and fluffed pillows. Their music, described by one critic as "aggressively homo," is sometimes raw, sometimes pretty, sometimes serious, sometimes silly, a delicious collision of early punk and new wave. The spark of inspiration was set off when Mark Mothersbaugh gave Scott and Tracy a personal tour of the DEVO HQ, schooling them on vintage keyboards, equipment and sounds. As with their last AT outing Any City (Virus 328), Scott dishes out the jagged guitar attacks with his frantic, paranoid vocals while Tracy counteracts with her serene, dreamy voice on the slow numbers, including a sublime cover of the SMITHS' "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out." For We Cut Loose, the lineup has been fortified by four additional members whose resumes include MAN...OR ASTROMAN, MOONEY SUZUKI, etc. Strip away the air travel theme, and you have a solid eff ort that references a slew of original New Wave greats like DEVO, THE B-52S, etc. If you missed the '80s the first time around, then think LADYTRON, STEREO TOTAL or THE POLYSICS. While real-life airlines stagnate and fizzle away into bankruptcy, PST Airlines' stock continues to rise as the general public catches onto the New Wave-Punk hybrid these kids pioneered back in their CAUSEY days. It's time to cash in your frequent flyer...
CD $13.00
10/10/2006
MP3 $0.00
10/10/2006
From the ashes of the CAUSEY WAY rise PILOT SCOTT TRACY, an airline-themed outfi t fronted by Scott (formerly known as Causey) and Tracy Cox-Stanton, and featuring other former cult members. Still fi rmly entrenched in the punk-new wave hybrid they pioneered before it became an identifi able trend. PILOT SCOTT TRACY takes a two-pronged approach: Scott pairs his fuzzed-out guitar with manic vocals while Tracy’s tender voice fl oats over polished synth pop leads—kinda like getting MAN...OR ASTROMAN and LADYTRON, or The POLYSICS and STEREO TOTAL in one band. Their fi rst album Flight 0713 (What Else? Records) received minimal distribution, so this is the fi rst time in years that material from these creative types masquerading as pilots and stewardesses has been available to most of the world.
CD $9.25
02/08/2005