Brian McBride, one half of the ambient duo Stars of the Lid with Adam Wiltzie, has died at the age of 53, a rep from the band’s label Kranky confirmed to Rolling Stone. The cause of death has not been disclosed. The news was also shared via the band’s social media.
“I am deeply saddened to tell everyone that Brian McBride has passed away. I loved this guy & he will be missed,” a post on the duo’s Instagram page read, which included a photo of McBride.
McBride and Wiltzie formed the band in 1993 in Austin, releasing their debut album, Music for Nitrous Oxide two years later, which included musician Kirk Laktas. They released their next albums as a duo: 1996’s Gravitational Pull vs. the Desire for an Aquatic Life, 1997’s The Ballasted Orchestra, 1998’s Per Aspera Ad Astra, 1999’s Avec Laudenum, and 2001’s The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid. Their…
