Brian McBride (born July 6, 1970) is one half of ambient/drone duo Stars of the Lid, along with Adam Wiltzie. However, McBride has released a few solo efforts. On October 31, 2005, McBride released his debut solo album When the Detail Lost Its Freedom, an album inspired by a divorce he was dealing with at the time. Five years later, on October 25, 2010, he released an album called The Effective Disconnect, a soundtrack to a movie called Vanishing of the Bees, which is a movie about colony collapse disorder. McBride is currently based in Los Angeles, California.