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==History== The band released their debut [[Extended play|EP]], ''[[For All That's Given, Wasted]]'', independently in 2001 before signing to [[MapleMusic Recordings]],<ref name=krochak/> which released their full-length debut album ''[[Caught by the Window]]'' in 2003.<ref>Wes Smiderle, "Record deal just one step on road to success". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', January 9, 2003.</ref> The album was most noted for the single "Into Your Hideout",<ref>Lynn Saxberg, "Pilate quietly soaring". ''[[Calgary Herald]]'', July 8, 2004.</ref> which peaked at #3 on Canada's rock radio chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://legacy.starmaker.ca/reports/RSF_2003-2004_Annual_Report.pdf|title=ARTIST PROFILE: PILATE}}</ref> The song's music video, directed by [[Maxime Giroux]], won the [[MuchMusic Video Award]] for [[MuchMusic Video Award for Best Independent Video|Best Independent Video]] at the [[2004 MuchMusic Video Awards]],<ref>"Here are the winners of the 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards handed out Sunday night in Toronto". [[Canadian Press]], June 20, 2004.</ref> and was a [[Juno Award]] nominee for [[Juno Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] at the [[Juno Awards of 2004]].<ref>Aaron Wherry, "Furtado, McLachlan lead 2004 Juno nominations". ''[[Saskatoon Star-Phoenix]]'', February 12, 2004.</ref> The band followed up in 2006 with the album ''[[Sell Control for Life's Speed]]''.<ref>Catherine Whitnall, "Pilate back at it". ''Lindsay Daily Post'', May 12, 2006.</ref> Just a few weeks after the album's Canadian release, the band opted to change their name to Pilot Speed after securing an American deal with [[Wind-up Records]], due to the risk of being sued by other American bands named Pilate; they had briefly considered keeping the name Pilate in Canada while using a different name only in the United States, but ruled that option out.<ref>"Pilate changes name to avoid lawsuits with international release". ''[[Times & Transcript]]'', June 29, 2006.</ref> The album was released in the United States under the title ''Into the West''.<ref>Stephen Thomas Erlewine, [https://www.allmusic.com/album/into-the-west-mw0000735874 "Pilot Speed: Into the West"]. ''[[AllMusic]]''.</ref> The band's third and final album, ''[[Wooden Bones]]'', was released in 2009.<ref>Francois Marchand, "Pilot Speed lands smoothly with shorter tracks". ''[[Calgary Herald]]'', July 18, 2009.</ref>
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