Leaving Not Arriving

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#		Title	Length
1		True	3:37	Play
2		Everyday Dream of the West	4:34	Play
3		Not Detoured	4:21	Play
4		My Sunshine	3:05	Play
5		High Water Mark	5:34	Play
6		Cold Street Light	3:24	Play
7		Blinker	1:56	Play
8		Mapmaker	3:36	Play
9		My Time This Time	5:02	Play
10		Overground	6:33	Play

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Downpilot follows up their 2001 debut with LEAVING NOT ARRIVING, a cinematic rush of melody and atmosphere created in conjuction with sonic alchemist Tucker Martine ( Jim White, Jesse Sykes, Long Winters). BlueDisguise Records 2003

:::REVIEWS:::

NO DEPRESSION:
It's a fine line between melancholy and moping, but Downpilot walks that line with superb grace. With its brooding lyrics and hooks that haunt you in the middle of the day, Leaving Not Arriving is full of romantic meditations that brilliantly capture life's complexities. Frontman Paul Hiraga's austere delivery of the album's opening couplet, "I heard the most dangerous thing about you...last night", from the song "True", sets a ponderous mood maintained throughout the disc's ten tracks. Hiraga's breathy, raspy vocals lend the songs a buoyancy that allows them to move effortlessly across his emotional landscape. On the second track, "Everyday Dream of the West", Downpilot picks up a pace that continues until the album's centerpiece, "High Water Mark", which spotlights the stark harmonies of violinist Anne Marie Ruljancich. She and Hiraga create a dreamy sonic terrain that's not dissimilar to her recent work with the Walkabouts. With elegantly layered production by Tucker Martine, the album swirls and floats and sometimes rocks. From the free-jazz horn sputters of "My Sunshine" to the atmospheric "Overground", this is an ambitious, auspicious full-length debut. (Brian J. Barr)

HARP MAGAZINE:
"The stark, Lennon-esque piano on "True" that states the opening of LEAVING NOT ARRIVING hardly hints at the the lovely and expansive textures to come. Over an efficient 10 tunes, Paul Hiraga's plaintive voice sits comfortably amid a smattering of sonic embellishments that stand up and move around on repeated listen. Simple trio arrangements by Hiraga (guitar), Jeff Brown (bass), and Eric Eagle (drums) are at the core, and they're brought to life with violin provided by newcomer Anne Marie Ruljancich (Walkabouts) and Hiraga's penchant for tinkering with keys. Sometimes the arrangements border on fringe country (the weepy sounds of "Everyday Dream of the West") while other dart toward beautiful dissonance through a hodgepodge of toys: distorted harmonica on "Mapmaker," a brass break on "My Sunshine" and a droning segment of guitar feedback on "High Water Mark. Making good on the promise of their Thrive in a Short Season EP, Downpilot propose and marry the unlikely union of Velvet-tinged flesh and folksy bones. (Andrew Dansby)


THE STRANGER:
"The music is by turns jovial and ponderous, carefully produced by Tucker Martine and filled out by Anne Marie Ruljancich's backing vocals and violin. Ruljancich's presence (along with the weary horn sounds and well-placed glockenspiel chimes) makes me think of Come's Near Life Experience and the Walkabouts' 1997 release Nighttown ; a certain grittiness comes through on Leaving Not Arriving , a darkness marked by a maturity that takes years on the planet to acquire, not just bleak happenstance."


THREEIMAGINARYGIRLS.COM:
"The band sounds mellifluous, with such pretty open-throaty vocals from frontman Paul Hiraga. It's rare I'll call an indie-rock band "pretty," but in this case, the adjective is apt... they feature nice girl/boy harmonizing, which has also been seducing my ear lately. Downpilot are everything I've ever wanted, all rolled into one band."


IN MUSIC WE TRUST:
"Downpilot's debut sounds like a band that has worked together for quite some time, its production leaving not a hair out of place, and the instrumentation so delicately flowing into the next. Seattle has another gem on their hands, the up-and-coming Downpilot."