Product Review

(Vinyl LP) We Are The Tide, the highly anticipated sophomore album from Portland-based band Blind Pilot, follows the band's grassroots break-out debut, 3 Rounds and a Sound, which has sold over 50,000 units to date and garnered them critical attention on NPR, which included them in their Best Music annual roundup. Says NPR, ''a roots-pop band which bathes its terrific songs in ingratiating harmonies and understated instrumentation''.