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Banner Pilot's Souvenir  is set for release tomorrow via Fat Wreck Chords. Today, perhaps at the expense of the various ceilings you may ruin while fist-pumping, you can stream track two, “Effigy,” exclusively here on AltPress. “When we were originally working on this song, it seemed pretty weird and I wasn’t sure if it was going […]

Banner Pilot Souvenir For their fourth full-length, Minneapolis melodic punks Banner Pilot said they consciously wanted to evolve their sound while simultaneously staying true to their roots. They thoroughly succeeded: Souvenir is, beyond doubt, their best and most cohesive record to date. Not so much a reinvention as an escalation of intent, its 12 songs truly ignite the […]

Banner Pilot have been demoing new songs according to a recent update: “Demo-ing new songs lately, and all of the names for them have been inspired by things that are strewn about our practice space. We have an Alkaline Trio sounding tune called “Pushpin” (from the little pins on our bulletin board thingie), a poppier […]

BANNER PILOT take us track by track through their new album, Heart Beats Pacific. “Alchemy” This is one of the older songs on the album, and it didn’t change much from inception to recording, unlike most of the other tracks here which went through a slew of different iterations before landing in their final forms. […]