Blind Pilot, Molly Sarlé

Blind Pilot Pre-Show VIP Experience includes: One (1) General Admission ticket Invitation to pre-show experience, including: Private acoustic performance Group photo with the band Exclusive VIP merch bundle, including: Signed poster Commemorative VIP tote bag Custom journal VIP tour laminate Merchandise shopping prior to doors opening to the public Early entry into the venueTickets available locally at Recycled Records & Higher Elevation Smoke Shop(Incline Village)Bio:The first Blind Pilot album in eight years, In the Shadow of the Holy Mountain emerged from a period of artistic crisis and the radical transformation of their creative ecosystem. I went through a few years where I wasnt able to writeI tried therapy, I read books on writers block, I went on writing trips, but nothing was helping, says Israel Nebeker, frontman for the Oregon-bred band. After stepping back and reimagining his songwriting approach, Nebeker challenged himself to write an entire album in a month, then brought those songs to his bandmates with a newfound sense of receptivity. I told myself that whatever songs came through in that month would be for the love of the band and music we make together, says Nebeker. Instead of being controlling in the studio, I wanted to let the songs live and breathe with the band as an entity. By the time we finished, it was the most joy wed ever had in making an album together.While Blind Pilot intends to tour principally as a quartet in support of the record, the album includes contributions from longtime trumpeter/keyboardist Dave Jorgensen and vibraphonist Ian Krist. In bringing the album to life, the band worked with a rich palette of instrumentation, handling each track with equal parts extraordinary care and unbridled spontaneity. For both Dobrowski and Nebekerwho formed an early iteration of the band as college students in the mid-aughtsthose moments of ineffably closeness serve as the lifeblood of Blind Pilot. For me making this album felt like celebrating being together and still feeling that deep connection thats been a throughline for our entire adult lives, Dobrowski says. One of my very favorite things about music is the way it not only connects us as bandmates, but allows us to connect to an audienceand then within that audience, people end up connecting with each other. Its this powerful thing thats unlike anything else, and in a way its kind of like magic.