Pete International Airport presented their new EP Sea of Eyes, released in November via Little Cloud Records, soon after revealing the Sea of Eyes GLOK Remix by Ride legend, Andy Bell.
Mastermind of the project, Peter G. Holmström (The Dandy Warhols, Sun Atoms), joined by Alexander Hackett of the dream-gaze outfit, Pang Attack, created the five-track EP, which includes remixes by Andy Bell of Ride and Holy Youth Movement. Earlier, PIA shared the original version of ‘Sea of Eyes’ featuring vocals by Alexander Hackett, along with an intriguing video by Italian director, Francesca Bonci.
Pete International Airport is centered around Peter G. Holmström, whose sonic journey into the dark depths of electronic rock transports listeners to a world of surprising soundscapes masterfully crafted to captivate the senses. PIA creates deep and timeless soundscapes, thanks partly to Holmström’s organizational skills and tendency for placing colleagues into challenging creative situations – both virtual and actual – and letting them duke it out.
The 5-track ‘Sea of Eyes’ EP was co-authored with and features vocals by Alexander Hackett. Apart from the remix by Andy Bell, the remixes created by Tom Smith (Holy Youth Movement) and long-time collaborator Daniel Sparks (omniscuro) entail a sonic whirlwind of excitement, which would have fit perfectly in such dynamic soundtracks as ‘Hackers’ or ‘Snatch’.
Peter G. Holmström: “I really wanted to showcase Alexander Hackett’s vocal contributions to the record. There’s just this insane depth to his lyrics, and his voice is fantastic. The way the initial rollout of the album happened his songs weren’t the singles… I needed to do something to put that out there, and because I’m gonna be working with him in the future, it was something I wanted to do. It also was an excuse to reach out to Andy Bell and see if he’d do a remix and get some other friends involved. I always love hearing other people’s interpretations of the tracks and what their ears latch onto and where they take the track from there.”
Mixed by Jeremy Sherrer at Spooky Electric Co. (Modest Mouse, The Shins, The Dandy Warhols) and mastered by Dave Coley at Elysian Mastering, most tracks were recorded at Air Traffic Control studio, and drums at The Trench Studios by The Dandy Warhols’ sound engineer Gregg Williams.
The ‘Sea of Eyes’ EP is a logical progression of ‘It Felt Like The End of the World’ and the ‘Tic Tac’ 7″ single, which boast the cream of the neo-psychedelic crop, including Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell, BJM’s Anton Newcombe, Dion Lunadon (A Place To Bury Strangers), Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson, Dark Horses’ Lisa Elle, and members of Sun Atoms, Guiding Light and Hopewell.
EP ‘Sea of Eyes’, is available on limited edition cassette and digitally via Spotify, Apple Music. and Bandcamp, where PIA’s album ‘It Felt Like The End of the World’ is also available on deluxe double vinyl, CD and digitally and their ‘Tic Tac’ single with Rachel Goswell. Its 7″ vinyl version is available via both Pete International Airport and The Dandy Warhols.
‘Sea of Eyes’ video directed by Francesca Bonci
Filmed by June Kang and Lê Thùy-Dương
Guest appearance – June Kang
Sea Of Eyes, credits:
Music written by Peter G. Holmström
Remix and additional production by Andy Bell (Ride)
Remix and additional production by Tom Smith (Holy Youth Movement)
Original track vocals and lyrics by Alexander Hackett (Pang Attack)
Instruments performed by Peter G. Holmström, except:
Alexander Hackett – Vocals
Paulie Pulvirenti – Toms, Octabans
Daniel Sparks – Drum Programming, Synths
Jeremy Sherrer – Synth, Drum programming
Produced by Jeremy Sherrer and Peter G. Holmström
All tracks recorded primarily at Air Traffic Control, Portland
Drums recorded at The Trench Studios by Gregg Williams
Vocals & additional instruments recorded in Montreal, LA & NYC
Additional production & mixing by Jeremy Sherre at Spooky Electric Co. (Austin, Florida & Spokane)
Mastered by Dave Coley at Elysian Mastering
Album art by Francesca Bonci:
https://www.instagram.com/francescabonci_visualartist/
Publicity by Shauna McLarnon at Shameless Promotion PR:
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Keep up with Pete International Airport:
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https://music.apple.com/us/artist/pete-international-airport/338438410
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