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Indie, Folk, Country |
Israel Nebeker (vocals, guitar) and Ryan Dobrowski (drums) are Blind Pilot.
Friends since college, Israel and Ryan have traveled many a mile to get to where they are today literally. Last year, Israel
and Ryan embarked on a WestCoast bike tour. This wasn¹t a tour where they road bikes, and had a van hauling the
equipment. They hauled everything on their bikes. No gas. Onehundred percent leg-powered.
With big signs on the back of their bike trailers that read "BLIND" and "PILOT", a lot of concerned motorists screamed about
the "PILOT" leaving the"BLIND" guy ...read more
Israel Nebeker (vocals, guitar) and Ryan Dobrowski (drums) are Blind Pilot.
Friends since college, Israel and Ryan have traveled many a mile to get to where they are today literally. Last year, Israel
and Ryan embarked on a WestCoast bike tour. This wasn¹t a tour where they road bikes, and had a van hauling the
equipment. They hauled everything on their bikes. No gas. Onehundred percent leg-powered.
With big signs on the back of their bike trailers that read "BLIND" and "PILOT", a lot of concerned motorists screamed about
the "PILOT" leaving the"BLIND" guy behind. Playing little towns that don¹t often get shows by "touring bands" they were able
to share their brand of music with people whoweren¹t particularly familiar with indie pop, or indie anything. But they found
that heartfelt lyrics and beautiful music appeal to just about everyone. Infact, they completely sold out of their EPs.
They returned to Portland anxious to complete their first full-length album. The long road to this album has paid off in spades.
Blind Pilot sounds something like a wistful mix of The Shins with a bit of Iron & Wine folksiness. But these comparisons don¹t
give a full representation ofthe unbelievable beauty of this album. As Willamette Week¹s Casey Jarman proclaimed, "Front man
Israel Nebeker sounds like a less theatric version ofJames Mercer: every bit as sincere and captivating, with vocal control and
style to spare. And this band has songs coming out of its ears: deep, cleverguitar-driven tunes fleshed out with soaring horn
arrangements. Listening to and thinking about these songs has kept me awake at night lately..
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