The Inevitable Past Is the Future Forgotten

by Three Mile Pilot

Overview

After 13 years, influential San Diego indie rock trio Three Mile Pilot returned with 2010's The Inevitable Past Is the Future Forgotten. While the band has always been overshadowed by the members' more popular side projects (Armistead Burwell Smith IV co-founded Pinback, to be joined later by Tom Zinser, and Pall Jenkins went on to form the Black Heart Procession), 3MP's reunion album illustrates that they were a defining force in the indie scene -- underground or not. The songs bleed the blood of Pinback and Black Heart, but there's a magic chemistry between Smith, Zinser, and Jenkins that makes their music unique. The Inevitable Past picks up where 1997's Another Desert, Another Sea left off, with cathartic but punchy rounds of bass, guitar, and drums accented by piano, organs, and airy vocals. The setting is continually pastoral, but in 3MP's maturity, they've developed a more poppy accessibility. Bittersweet songs like "Grey Clouds" and "What I Lose" are more subdued than prior work, but ultimately The Inevitable Past is a solid addition to the discography of an indie rock fixture. ~ Jason Lymangrover

Product Details

Release Date:	09/28/2010
Label:	Temporary Residence
UPC:	0656605316628
Rank:	125226

Tracks

1. Battle
2. Still Alive
3. Grey Clouds
4. Same Mistake
5. What I Lose
6. Left in Vain
7. The Threshold
8. One Falls Away
9. Days of Wrath
10. Planets
11. What's in the Air
12. The Premonition

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Three Mile Pilot   Primary Artist
Matthew Resovich   Violin
Tobias Nathaniel   Piano

Technical Credits

Three Mile Pilot   Creation,Engineer
Pall A. Jenkins   Creation,Engineer,Group Member
Tom Zinser   Creation,Engineer,Group Member
Zach Smith   Creation,Engineer,Group Member
Kris Poulin   Mixing Assistant