With their debut album just around the corner, Conscious Pilot return with ‘Face Down’, a bright, off-centre cut that rounds out the run of singles ahead of 'Human Poultry', due May 8th via DevilDuck Records. Rather than doubling down on the heavier edge of earlier releases, it pivots—sharpening a more immediate, energetic side of the band.
Built on urgent guitars and a restless sense of momentum, ‘Face Down’ carries a surprising warmth beneath its surface. There’s a looseness to it, but nothing feels accidental—everything pushing forward while still leaving space for the band’s dry, offbeat character to cut through.
Written during frontman Joe Laycock’s time in Mount Florida, Glasgow, the track leans into gallows humour, reframing a fear of mortality into something oddly uplifting. There’s a tension running underneath it all: bleak imagery—slipping away “in the silence”, “facedown”, “in this grey, old mount”—delivered with a lightness that softens the blow without losing its weight.
That contrast sits at the core of 'Human Poultry', a record shaped by the band’s early years in Glasgow and the strange rhythms of everyday life. Recorded at RAK Studios with Seth Evans and Adele Phillips, it pulls from the mundane and the surreal in equal measure—finding humour in heaviness, and something slightly off in the familiar.
Already building a reputation as a compelling live act, Conscious Pilot have spent the past two years carving out their space across UK and European stages. ‘Face Down’ feels like a natural extension of that rise—loose, sharp, and quietly anthemic in its own way.
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