Downpilot - They Kind of Shine

Downpilot's Paul Hiraga  has given the world two LPs of lush and atmospheric pop with producer Tucker Martine (REM, Decemberists, Laura Veirs), with influences as diverse as americana rock, ambient electronica and jazz. Their first album, "Leaving Not Arriving", garnered shining reviews from Rolling Stone, Harp, and No Depression, and the follow-up "Like You Believe It" was named best local album of the year by Seattle's influential weekly The Stranger. Hiraga delved into the technical world of classic studio electronics in order to construct, wire-by-wire, his vintage-based analog recording gear for the recording of this new album "They Kind Of Shine". Drawing some inspiration from the first McCartney solo albums, Hiraga performs on all instruments by himself - acoustic/electric/lap steel guitars, drums and percussion, acoustic and electric piano, humming old Farfisas and Hammonds and creaky old pump organs, with an occasional banjo and ukulele thrown in for flavour. The result is a rich acoustic-electric-chamber-pop-roots-americana-rock-jazz album that doesn't really hold on to any of those simplistic labels. This is the timeless music of Downpilot.

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