BLIND PILOT ARE AWESOME
Posted on December 13th, 2008 by ekko
With shades of Calexico and The Shins, cut with Modest Mouse with Wilco highlights, Blind Pilot quiet slid into my in-box, nearly unnoticed. Until now. What a terrific record.
Lead singer Israel Nebeker is perfectly understated; he’s got an honest voice that is a perfect compliment to Ryan Dobrowski’s musical talents. The duo create understated, seemingly simply songs—and there’s not a bad one here, truly. Lots of folks try to make music like this—gentle, acoustic-based indie rockfolk—and most of them are popular, but leave me cold. (I’m looking at Iron & Wine and Bright Eyes, in particular.) But Blind Pilot have enough depth and soul to break the boundaries of what is typically a mediocre, AM Radio genre, and move into the truly spectacular. There’s not much more I can say about them, except this:
If I’d heard “3 Rounds and a Sound” earlier in ’08, Blind Pilot would have been on my best of 2008 list, for sure.
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