My Pilot are a Dublin fourpiece who have just released their debut EP “Spiders” as a free download. We caught up with front man Neill Dougan to find out a little of the history behind the band, what it was like to write and record the EP and the difficulties facing unsigned bands. Who would you cite as your main influences? Speaking for myself, I listen to a bit of everything, I like hip-hop and reggae and soul and stuff. But in terms of all-time personal heroes, I’m a massive fan of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Smog, Neil Young, Tom Waits, The Fall and so on. But we all have pretty diverse tastes within the band, I don’t think we’d all list the same bands or artists as influences, although obviously there’s an overlap in terms of stuff we all listen to. I mean me and Ross both absolutely love Sparklehorse, … There’s more →