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Automatic Pilot
Automatic Pilot has been through many incarnations, and band members have come and gone over the years. Automatic Pilot was conceived shortly after the breakup of the band Friend of a Friend, as a whole new solo endeavor that cultivates every musical genre from a predilection of all kinds of different styles of indie rock with influences as varying as Wilco, Jeff Buckley, Matthew Sweet, Fiona Apple, Nick Drake and Bright Eyes. Automatic Pilot consists of James Eric Laczkowski, who composes experimental, ambient pop soundscapes, spliced with distorted noise rock, in a singer/songwriter acoustic environment. Automatic Pilot's records are available through ITunes and CDBaby. Although the line-up has fluctuated over the years, contributing members include Miriam Williams (who has played alongside Willie Nelson), Art Mayes, and Corey Rongers. James has gone on to make three impeccable records including the self-titled AP debut in 2003, New Clear Vision in 2004, and now Deathless in 2005 which he plans to promote with a short summer tour across the country in 2006. James has an undeniable knack for a catchy hook along with a love of experimental instrumentation, all saturated around emotionally naked lyrics and refined chord structure. There is simply no denying the breadth of this twentysomething's incredibly prolific talent.