I Am Your Autopilot // The Stillness of the Sea

The Stillness of the Sea starts off with a lovely two and a half minutes of robotic intro, throughout which I was constantly trying to work out whether they were trying to teach me about technology or science. It was an odd two and a half minutes to say the least. The album gets considerably better after that; the tracks tend to take a more fluent route. In fact, track ten I was actually quite taken by although that’s probably down to my infatuation with all things satirical, which was pretty much all the track consisted of - a satirical attack on consumerism. If you’re buying The Stillness of the Sea because you think it will be still and calming please don’t, it’s not an album of sweet whale noises to help you drift off to, it’s more a mismatch of noises that clash together to eventually form a somewhat pleasant sound; the electronics paired against the vocals fit well together. I am Your Autopilots are lyrical geniuses with underlining messages woven into their songs, even with a fairly morbid theme. “Constellations burn so bright they die” - what a lovely message to hear whilst you’re trying to work.  All in all I am Your Autopilot have made a seemingly successful second album despite the two and a half minutes at the start. If you want my advice, skip track one.