Aviator

Aviator are a five-piece post-hardcore band from Boston, Massachusetts that formed in 2009. They were incredibly prolific for nearly a decade, putting out a ton of releases alongside two fantastic full-lengths, both via No Sleep Records. In recent years they haven't been active, though they haven't officially disbanded. It is a massive failure on my part to have left this band slip through the cracks for so many years now, as their sound is right up this blog's alley, and they were most active in its heyday. This band blends the more technical, rhythmic and melodically meandering aspects of post-hardcore acts with the raw, visceral heart-on-your-sleeve delivery of melodic hardcore. They draw influence from classics such as At The Drive-In, mewithoutYou, Bear vs. Shark and Piebald (made clear in their choice of covers), which adds a wide array of vocal and instrumental dynamics to their hardcore-influenced base. If you're a fan of bands like Touché Amoré, Defeater, La Dispute, Caravels, More Than Life, Goodtime Boys, Octaves, and so many more that were kicking around in the early 2010's, Aviator absolutely has to be on your radar. It's not a direct comparison in terms of sound, but in terms of modern elevation and emotional resonance. Enjoy.

Demo (2010)

1. Second Chances

2. Winter Blues

3. Know More

4. Cutting Ties

5. Grace

My Fictions/Aviator (2010)

1. My Fictions - Kept Myself Awake

2. My Fictions - Dreamt Myself An Architect Built Myself Some Walls

3. Aviator - I'm Sick Of Standing In The Same Place

4. Aviator - The Definition Of A Dead End

I'm Not The Lonely One (2011)

1. Acceptance Is Denial

2. Denial Is Despondency

3. Despondency Is Unhappiness

4. Unhappiness Is Loneliness

5. I'm Not The Lonely One

Aviator/Spirit Fangs (2012)

1. Aviator - A Thousand Monkeys

2. Aviator - A Thousand Typewriters

3. Spirit Fangs - Hand Over Heart

4. Spirit Fangs - Bloodrivers

January MMXIII (2013)

1. Solemn Mountain (Live)

2. A Thousand Typewriters (Live)

3. Forms (Les feuilles mortes) (Live)

4. A Thousand Monkeys (Live)

5. I'm Sick Of Standing In The Same Place (Live)

6. Harvest Words (Live)

Billy Pilgrim Has Come Unstuck In Time (2013)

1. Billy Pilgrim Has Come Unstuck In Time

Covers (2013)

1. Sleepwalk Capsules (At The Drive-In cover)

2. They Don't Understand Us At The Academy (Piebald cover)

3. Entrance Of The Elected (Bear vs. Shark cover)

4. Be Here Now (As Tall As Lions cover)

5. Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up (LCD Soundsystem cover)

Native Wildlife/Glass Lungs/Killing Thing/Aviator (2014)

1. Native Wildlife - Most Accidents Happen Close To Home

2. Glass Lungs - Tiltawhirl

3. Killing Thing - Weathered

4. Aviator - So I Say To Her, I Say This (I Says)

Head In The Clouds, Hands In The Dirt (2014)

1. Pipe Dreams

2. Weathervane

3. There Was A Light (It Went Out)

4. Dig Your Own Grave And Save

5. Forms (les feuilles mortes)

6. I Hold Myself In Contempt

7. Bipolar Vortex

8. Head Noise

9. ...But I Won't Be There

10. Fever Dreams

[Untitled] (Demo) (2014)

1. [Untitled] (Demo)

High Hopes (2015)

1. High Hopes

Heaven's Gate b/w Death's Door (2017)

1. Heaven's Gate

2. Death's Door

Loneliness Leaves The Light On For Me (2017)

1. I Wanna Make Movies, Heather

2. Nasonov Pheromone

3. Ad Nauseam

4. I Wouldn't Leave Here If You Paid Me

5. Looks Deep Enough From Here

6. End Scene

7. One Year Warranty

8. I Wouldn't Live There If You Paid Me

9. Safety Coffin

10. Does It Make A Sound?

Bummer Summer: Compilation 2018 (2018)

11. Introvertebrate

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