By Andrew Benzinger

Friday Pilots Club is much more than your dime a dozen alt rock band. The electric, Chicago-based duo Caleb Hiltunen (vocals) and Drew Polovick (guitar) boasts over 120,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and an ever growing clan of fans across Chicago and the country drawn to their fresh, crisp sound. Fans of groups like Nothing but Thieves, The Strokes and Highly Suspect will be right at home with this duo’s sound. And with the release of new single “Breaking My Bones” - a first glimpse of their upcoming 2020 EP with Big Machine Label Group - their diverse and hard hitting musical partnership shows every sign of getting stronger. Without sacrificing an ounce of the smooth style and eclectic inspirations that made Friday Pilots Club what it is, “Breaking My Bones” steps up the roaring bass-saturated rhythms and continues the duo’s tradition of concocting thoroughly engaging and intense rock anthems, as with their past single “Glory”. The passionate vocals and deep seated beat of “Breaking My Bones” draw on elements of alternate rock, pop and a side serving of hip hop to create something striking and original for American rock. Caleb’s vocal performance comes from a deeply powerful and soul-stirring place, and you can’t help but feel the punch every time he belts the line “I’ve been breaking my bones”. Superb lines like “Say I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine… Yeah, you’ve got nothing to lose. Pick up the pace, put on a face” feel exactly like the passionate breed of cathartic lyrics found in August Burns Red songs - minus the hardcore heavy metal elements. Friday Pilots Club proves that alt rock is far from stagnant, and their work says they’ve got something to prove.