Artist: Butchers Blind

We've followed New York's Butchers Blind from their debut EP , through their first full length album and a live session . They're now the subject of a 20-minute video feature that combines live-in-the-studio performance and interview footage! Butchers Blind's Home Page

Rocking alt.country from the heart of Long Island, NY This Long Island trio dropped a few demo tracks in 2009 (reviewed here ), promoting the catchy "One More Time" into a single and attracting some local attention. They've returned with a full album that leans on both their alt.country and rock roots. The Wilco influence is strong (unsurprising, given the band is named after one of Wilco's lyrical creations), and Pete Mancini's voice favors the reediness of Jeff Tweedy; but there's also a melancholy in his delivery that suggests Chris Bell, and a [...]

• Butchers Blind - Dice Were Down

One More Time is the debut 3 track EP release from New York duo P ete Mancini - guitar, vocals and Brian Reilly - electric bass guitar, collectively Butchers Blind, the tracks were r ecorded over days the Cadillac Moon studio in Huntington , NY with the aim of s howcasing the guys talents and gather a fan base. The three tracks on offer here show a [...]

• Something Missing » Butchers Blind - Something Missing .mp3

Rootsy pop and Americana from the wilds of Long Island Butchers Blind is a Long Island duo formed from the ashes of the little-known Double Stops. But if these three debut tracks are any indication, Pete Mancini (guiar/vocals/keyboards/lap steel) and Brian Reilly (bass) will soon be making a name for themselves. Their melodies are ingratiating in the way of fine pop records, and Mancini is a vocalist whose vulnerability holds you from the first word. Having borrowed their name from a fictional underground, unsigned band in Wilco's "The Late Greats" (from 2004's [...]

• Butchers Blind - My Worst Enemy
• Butchers Blind - One More Time
• Butchers Blind - Something Missing