Album Review: Blind Pilot

I have had the new Blind Pilot album for a little over a month now.  When I first heard it I can't say I immediately loved it.  Actually let me show you what I wrote in an email to Tres Ouais.

"It's only ten tracks and 38 minutes so I was able to give it a listen last night.  It's not as good as the last album.  It seems like they are happier, which is good for them, but I liked the sad yearning melancholy songs off the last album.  

The instrumentals lean more towards country and they don't seem as nuanced or intimate to me.  I thought the last album had a great stripped down, slow build tempo.  This seems more jangly and seems like it comes from all angles, several layers that blend with each other and sort of get in the way.  I'll have to give it another listen, it's better than a lot of what's going on but it's not the greatest thing ever."


Yeah...don't email me about a new album unless you want a pompous dissection of said album.  *Adjusts ascot*  I haven't dedicated a huge amount of more time listening to it, but from what I have heard I don't really know what I was talking about the first time.  My new review is that  it sounds like a pretty solid album.  I was totally head over heels in love with their last album so I may have approached the first listen expecting to be let down.  I stand by the not as good as the last album statement, but there are some really good songs on the new one.  I think from now on I will just recommend albums and not review them. You can grab the new album from their site here.  Don't forget that they are playing the Great American Music Hall on Saturday, November 19th. You can grab tickets for $18 here.

Live video of one of my favorites off of the new album, "White Apple."


One of the happier ones and the title track, "We Are The Tide."


Bonus: "Ovideo" off of their last album, "3 Rounds and A Sound." Uhhh, that album was so good.