3 Rounds and a Sound

Blind Pilot

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 15, 2008)
• Original Release Date: July 15, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Expunged Records
• ASIN: B001BTZO7S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #69,810 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

It takes all of about 10 seconds of listening to this record to realize you are listening to something special, and about the same amount of time to be completely sucked into Blind Pilot's wistful, melancholic world of acoustic guitars, dulcimers, violins and the like. --Amplifier Magazine

Product Description

Blind Pilot sounds something like a wistful mix of The Shins with a bit of Iron & Wine folksiness. But these comparisons don't give a full representation of the unbelievable beauty of this album. Don't take our word for it. As Willamette Week immediately proclaimed: 'Every once in a while a band comes along that knocks me so flat on my ass that I wish I was in the PR business or an A&R guy instead of a critic, so I could throw myself wholeheartedly behind it. Blind Pilot [gave] me that sensation. Frontman Israel Nebeker sounds like a less theatric version of James 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, clever guitar-driven tunes fleshed out with soaring horn arrangements. Listening to and thinking about these songs has kept me awake at night lately.' It would be hard to imagine a better review, but 3 Rounds and a Sound is just that good.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my favorite album of the year, October 3, 2008

By	Stockholm Brundt (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews

"Three Rounds and a Sound" is surely the best album I've heard this year -- indeed, possibly the best album I've come across since my dearly beloved Rheostatics broke up. It's fabulously beautiful, deep and sad and lovely, and catchy all at the same time. The melancholy tone of youth at the moment when youth begins to fade. Songs that sound as if they have been patiently waiting for a millenium or more for someone to finally come along and give birth to them. "Oviedo," in particular, could save the life of a desperate man if played at just the right moment. What can I say to capture how good this disc is? If it were a girl I'd leave my wife for her. There. Enough said.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great find!, July 20, 2008

By	J. Erik Gray "mocsfan" (CHATTANOOGA, TN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Blind Pilot is a band out of Portland, Ore. created by natives Ryan Dobrowski and Israel Nebeker.

The group has a cool folk sound with an acoustic guitar and simple effective drumming. They mention Neutral Milk Hotel as influence, but they do not sound as raw.

Blind Pilot is doing a West Coast bike tour starting in August. Check this music out. You will certainly enjoy it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blind Pilot is Refreshingly Beautiful, December 2, 2008

By	Josh Friedman (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: 3 Rounds and a Sound (MP3 Download)

Blind Pilot's 3 Rounds and a Sound is a beautiful and poetic journey. Their story telling through lyrics and song speak volumes about life and love. This is one of those bands that you want to know before they get huge, and there is no doubt they will be huge. Seeing them live is a tasty treat.