Aeroplane Company is the instrumental/ambient recording project of Saint Paul, MN/Mason City, IA musician Joel Drzycimski. He is also a member of the indie rock duo Cureton, and makes remixes as Angry Tortilla. Two weeks ago, Joel released his first full-length album as Aeroplane Company, Summit Hill . Recorded throughout 2017, it is a tribute to his "favorite places and favorite people." Ear Coffee was able to exchange a brief email interview with Joel about the record and where he's going next. Read on below! --- Why did you start Aeroplane Company around two years ago? When I was in eighth grade, my parents let me have their old computer. I downloaded this sketchy program called Darkwave Studio and all the free VST [plug-ins] I could get my hands on and made some truly terrible electronic music on that computer. But it was fun and gradually that music got less terrible. A couple years ago, I was digging through some of those songs and it reignited my in...

For those of you unfamiliar with Joel Drzycimski's work, it isn't uncommon to hear a little bit of punk angst from the Cureton frontman. His most popular project is the pop punk duo, Cureton, which he formed with his best friend Caleb Davis. With Cureton being on hiatus this year, fans are interested to see what new things that are going to come from its members. This afternoon a surprise release from Drzycimski's instrumental side project, Aeroplane Company, blessed the masses to help us celebrate the eclipse. The aptly titled  ECLIPSE - EP features only two tracks. The first track, "Sun," is an upbeat electronic jam that gives the listener the feelings of sitting in the sunlight. While densely layered, "Sun" has a gentile quality to it. There are lots of bubbly sounding synths that float through the pads creating a swirly background. The second track on the EP is the antithesis to "Sun." Weirdly enough, the second and final track is calle...