Pete International Airport is an American neo-psychedelia

Neo-psychedelia

Neo-psychedelia is music that emulates or is heavily influenced by the psychedelic music of the 1960s. It began to be revived among British post-punk bands of the later 1970s and early 1980s and was taken up by groups including bands of the Paisley Underground and Madchester scenes, as well as...

 band from Portland

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

, formed in 1997 by Peter Holmström of The Dandy Warhols

The Dandy Warhols

The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994. The band was founded by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström, with keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford later joining. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by...

 and named after the Dandy Warhols song of the same name. Other band members are Jsun Adams (The Upsidedown

The Upsidedown

The Upsidedown is an alternative rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States.The band released their debut album, Trust Electricity, in 2004. The album has received national attention, and the band has been noted in several newspapers and magazines as an up-and-coming band to watch, including...

) on vocals, Collin Hegna

Collin Hegna

Collin Hegna is a Portland, Oregon-based indie rock musician.-Cocaine Unicorn:Hegna started out as a musician when forming his own band, Cocaine Unicorn, with his friend Ryan Sumner...

 (The Brian Jonestown Massacre

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

The Brian Jonestown Massacre is an American eclectic musical group led by Anton Newcombe, whose music spans multiple genres including psychedelia, electronica, folk music, blues, experimental music, and many others....

) on bass guitar, Jason "Plucky" Anchondo (The Warlocks

The Warlocks

The Warlocks are an American rock band based out of Los Angeles. Their music has been defined as neo-psychedelia, but much of it spans multiple genres.-Music:...

, Spindrift

Spindrift

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) on drums, and Paulie Pulvirenti, also on drums.

In 2010, they released their debut self-titled album

Pete International Airport (album)

Pete International Airport is the self-titled debut album by American neo-psychedelia band Pete International Airport, released in 2010.- Track listing :...

, which Consequence of Sound

Consequence of Sound

Consequence of Sound, also known often as CoS, is a Chicago-based music website featuring news, album and concert reviews, and editorials. In addition, the website also features the Festival Outlook micro-site, which serves as an on-line database for music festival news and rumors...

gave 3½ stars and called a "very mellow, bizarre, and sure-to-be-discussed fall album" and noted that "their weird brand of indie will certainly strike a chord with the crowd that has been building up decade after decade". The Oregonian

The Oregonian

The Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 1850...

gave it a "B" rating and compared it to the music of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, now based in Los Angeles. BRMC is known for their garage rock, blues, folk revival, neo-psychedelia sound. They are influenced by bands such as: The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Verve, The Rolling Stones, Oasis, T...

, one of the band's musical inspirations. Music videos were produced for three of the album's tracks, including "21 Days", which premiered on Spinner.com

Spinner.com

Spinner is an AOL Music property, which bills itself as "the ultimate music blog for free MP3s, free CD listening, [and] discovering new artists."...

on 7 September 2010.