Blind Pilot Begin 2017 Tour Next Week, Watch 'Packed Powder' Now on KEXP

Showcasing their captivating live talent, Blind Pilot has released their new KEXP session in full, featuring performances of the tracks "Packed Powder", "Umpqua Rushing", "Don't Doubt" and more. Watch + share it HERE. These songs are featured on Blind Pilot's third LP And Then Like Lions, released via ATO Records in 2016. Described as "gorgeously rendered ... lush and uplifting" by Paste, the album was produced by front man Israel Nebeker and Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, Neko Case, My Morning Jacket), and was also written and composed by Nebeker.

Called "a nice dose of folk rock" by BrooklynVegan, "Packed Powder" is currently #6 on the AAA radio charts, a career charting high for Blind Pilot. An upbeat song filled with elevated textures of guitar hooks and trumpet, it comes from an idea Nebeker had as a teenager when he and his friends found they could re-pack fireworks to different outcomes.

"We're all made of the same stuff, but who knows how we're packed and what we'll show as we burn across the black sky of our own time?" thought Nebeker. "The song speaks lightheartedly of ironic outcomes when trying to better a life through different career paths, and then sings a chorus that surrenders and desires life to reveal what we are made of.

In 2017 Blind Pilot will embark on many US shows this January and February, starting next week in Milwaukee and including dates in Baltimore, New Orleans and Austin as well as a sold out Mountain Stage performance. All upcoming dates are below.

TOUR DATES
1/27 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Ballroom+
1/28 - Bloomington, IL - The Castle Theatre+
1/29 - Charleston, WV - Mountain Stage w/ Andrew Bird (SOLD OUT)
1/31 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground+
2/1 - Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall+
2/4 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live#
2/6 - Charottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater#
2/7 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle#
2/9 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West at King Plow#
2/10 - Orlando, FL - The Beacham#
2/11 - St. Petersburg, FL - State Theatre#
2/13 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn+
2/14 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jack's+
2/16 - Houston, TX - The Heights Theater+
2/17 - Dallas, TX - The Kessler+ (SOLD OUT)
2/18 - Austin, TX - Emo's+
2/20 - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater*
2/21 - Ft. Collins, CO - Aggie Theatre*
2/23 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen*
2/24 - Telluride, CO - Sheridan Opera House*
2/25 - Telluride, CO - Sheridan Opera House*
2/27 - Missoula, MT - Top Hat Lounge*

+ with Dickie
# with Quiet Life
* with Ryley Walker

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