Leaving Not Arriving

Downpilot | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: BlueDisguise Records
• ASIN: B0000A1S3B
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #684,530 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. True

2. Everyday Dream of the West

3. Not Detoured

4. My Sunshine

5. High Water Mark

6. Cold Street Light

7. Blinker

8. Mapmaker

9. My Time This Time

10. Overground

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I get it!, October 10, 2003

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James D. Catalano "jamesdcatalano" (Hopkins, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leaving Not Arriving (Audio CD)

There comes a time when, after listening to an album about ten times, you get it. I think I have finally figured out why I enjoy listening to Leaving Not Arriving. It fits together, the music, the vocals and pace of the album represent a nice smooth transition between songs and moments in your day. It is not ground-breaking/experimental/revolutionary music that sets it apart from what is around the radio today, but rather, the concept that appears to be missing - by making a simple, warm, harmonic, beautiful collection of songs that you want to listen to over and over. There are a lot of different influences I hear in this album from REM to Stuart Davis to even maybe some later XTC. Quit wasting your time reading my ramble and buy it - you won't be disappointed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Songs+Texture+Mood= Headphones On and Wishing the World Away, September 20, 2003

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"transmissionarypaul" (Seattle WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leaving Not Arriving (Audio CD)

For Northwest fans of this band, consider this CD a promise kept; the alchemy of Down Pilot and producer Tucker Martine has resulted in an album that's both sonically arresting yet quietly confident. Down Pilot don't swagger; they sway.

I know it's not hip to compare a band to R.E.M. anymore since that group's indie cache is long spent on Nudie suits and Learjet flights, but damn if vocalist Paul Hiraga's sweet, tactile vocals don't conjure up a similar sense of foggy longing (think "Country Feedback" with a few Radiohead guitar spirals mixed in, and you've got a sense of the terrain).

Ethereal without being obtuse, moody without being standoffish, "Leaving Not Arriving" doesn't pack the obviousness to get them a gold record, but it's sure going to win them some hearts. Is yours next?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the year's best, August 5, 2003

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Scott Balikian (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leaving Not Arriving (Audio CD)

A friend made me aware of this band recently by putting a couple tracks on a compilation he had made. I was hooked from the beginning. The songs were the beautiful, "True" and the addictive, "Sunshine". The latter is present as a constant, pleasant humming in my head. Listen to any of the samples here, you'll see what I'm talking about. Great, great album.