Pistol Youth
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Pistol Youth is a long distance Indie Brit Rock band formed in 2007 by Steriogram
lead singer Brad Carter.
frontman Brad Carter who admired the conception of Ben Gibbard’s The Postal Service
so much it inspired him to start his own long distance project across the internet. He contacted three of his friends from other bands (Michael Chislett from Australia (The Academy Is), Gavin Kerr from New Zealand and Anders Borgh from Sweden) to record an EP with him across the internet. To make the EP each member had to record their own parts of the song from where they were, then send them back to Carter in Los Angeles where they were finally put together.
The bands first EP 'Smiling Can Backfire
' was released in December 2007. Following the release Carter invited the other members of Pistol Youth to come visit him in Los Angeles so they could finally meet each other and write music together in the same room. Once together they started work on their full length album My Own Private Amsterdam
. A second EP followed in November 2009 'Every Eight Weeks
', and their debut album was released in July 2010.
Steriogram
Steriogram is a rock band that formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1999. Their 2004 song "Walkie Talkie Man" was used in an advertisement for the iPod and a number of films and video games.-Formation and first album, 1999–2005:...
lead singer Brad Carter.
History
Pistol Youth was formed in 2007 by SteriogramSteriogram
Steriogram is a rock band that formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1999. Their 2004 song "Walkie Talkie Man" was used in an advertisement for the iPod and a number of films and video games.-Formation and first album, 1999–2005:...
frontman Brad Carter who admired the conception of Ben Gibbard’s The Postal Service
The Postal Service
The Postal Service is an American electronic indie pop band composed of vocalist Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and producer Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel and Headset.-Background:...
so much it inspired him to start his own long distance project across the internet. He contacted three of his friends from other bands (Michael Chislett from Australia (The Academy Is), Gavin Kerr from New Zealand and Anders Borgh from Sweden) to record an EP with him across the internet. To make the EP each member had to record their own parts of the song from where they were, then send them back to Carter in Los Angeles where they were finally put together.
The bands first EP 'Smiling Can Backfire
Smiling Can Backfire
Smiling Can Backfire was the first release by band Pistol Youth, released in 2007.To make the EP each member had to record their own parts of the song from where they were, then send them back to Brad Carter in Los Angeles where they were finally put together...
' was released in December 2007. Following the release Carter invited the other members of Pistol Youth to come visit him in Los Angeles so they could finally meet each other and write music together in the same room. Once together they started work on their full length album My Own Private Amsterdam
My Own Private Amsterdam
My Own Private Amsterdam is the first full-length album by Pistol Youth, released in 2010. Six of the thirteen tracks had already been featured in their first two EPs, Smiling Can Backfire and Every Eight Weeks....
. A second EP followed in November 2009 'Every Eight Weeks
Every Eight Weeks
Every Eight Weeks was the second release by band Pistol Youth, released in 2009. It was the follow-up to their first EP Smiling Can Backfire. Three tracks from this EP made it onto their first album, My Own Private Amsterdam....
', and their debut album was released in July 2010.
Singles
| Year | Single | Charted | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | "Problematic" | — | |
| 2009 | "In My Eyes" | — | |
| 2010 | "Frankfurt" | — | My Own Private Amsterdam |