Pilot Light Out

by Graven

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1.	Mountain Finds Valley 05:30	buy track
2.	Open Heart Surgery 03:12	buy track
3.	Drifting Out 03:21	buy track
4.	Green Lights At Night 03:50	buy track
5.	Leaving Florida 03:56	buy track
6.	Lose The DownLow 03:58	buy track
7.	Quiet The Mind 03:28	buy track
8.	Of The Orange Moon 05:04	buy track
9.	Heavenstar 03:56	buy track
10.	Give Your Love Away 04:09	buy track
11.	In Your Own Life 04:52	buy track
12.	Porch Light Serenader 03:38	buy track
13.	Another Trip To Chicago 03:22	buy track
14.	Northglow (original) 03:40	buy track
15.	Moon Over Winter 03:15	buy track
16.	August Ain't Over Yet 04:49	buy track
17.	As The Heron Flies 03:27	buy track

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After the basement self-title, Pilot Light Out was my first venture into a semi-legit solo rock album. It's loud, sweaty, distorted but dialled-back when it needs to be, and also fairly cohesive for a 17-track banger. Romantic, spiritual and a bit pie-eyed, it's an achiever, and a laundry list of songs from an insecure 24 year old. After contacting a guy named Charles Austin (The Super Friendz) via email in the summer of 2001, I asked him about driving from Ottawa to record a full album in two days. He was leery of the arduous travel, but interested in the passion of the guerilla-style project. I played every instrument myself, and we blasted through a few 12 hour days. Charles added a voiceover and some slide guitar. It was a very romantic time for me, as I had just graduated university and the rock-world was my oyster - and in a way, PLO was the first pin on a wide open musical map of my life.

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released March 11, 2003

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Graven Ottawa, Ontario

Graven (Matty McKechnie) is a Nepean, Ontario, Canada-born indie folk musician and songwriter who used to make bedroom rap casettes in his teens under the name “Man Of Steel”. His newest album Simple Complex was mixed by Joel Plaskett and made in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. ... more

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Apr 26

The Horseshoe Tavern

Toronto, ON
Sep 19

The Cove Inn

Westport, ON
Sep 20

Hotel Wolfe Island

Kingston, ON

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