Coming up on World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN, host David Dye gets a visit from Blind Pilot. When this band of Portland locals set out on their first tour, they were bound to get some early notoriety; towing their instruments all the way, the lo-fi collective biked over 1,000 miles from Vancouver to San Francisco, stopping to play at parks and small-town groceries, as well as more traditional venues. Indie-pop and mellow folk blend on their debut effort, 3 Rounds and a Sound, which was inspired in part by a summer spent in a secluded warehouse. In this interview, the group recounts stories from their musical venture down the west coast, and the two founding members, Israel Nebeker and Ryan Dobrowski, explain how the project began.
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