''Pete International Airport'' is the self-titled debut
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by American
neo-psychedelia
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band
Pete International Airport
Pete International Airport is an American neo-psychedelia band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1997 by Peter Holmström of The Dandy Warhols. Original line-up includes Jsun Adams (The Upsidedown) on vocals, Collin Hegna (The Brian Jonestown Massa ...
. It was released on 15 September 2010 by record label Custom Made Music.
Background
On the making of the album, Holmström states:
I started coming up with some of the songs back in '97; I just never found the right place for them ..Some of them didn't work with the band's views and other ones, I started another band to try to do the songs and that didn't work out. So I just ended up doing them on my own, which is something I needed to do as I was growing as a musician and a songwriter.
Reception
The album received mixed-to-favorable reviews.
Consequence of Sound
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called the album "a very mellow, bizarre and sure-to-be-discussed fall album", writing that "their weird brand of
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will certainly strike a chord with the crowd that has been building up decade after decade".
AllMusic
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's review was favorable, writing that it "brings back the druggy joys of the younger Dandys
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Track listing
References
External links
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2010 albums
Pete International Airport albums