The air is warm, the sun is shining and as soon as I can get outside and take off these annoying and encumbering pants, spring will have finally sprung. Ha hah! Double entendre.
Anyway. Let me teach you something about Band of Horses. BoH is the result of the dissolution of the Seattle band Carissa's Weird. When Carissa broke up, guitarist and singer Ben Bridwell and guitarist Mat Brooke got together to write some sprawling, well-orchestrated and reverb-heavy tunes that show off some amazing song writing skills and a professionalism that can only be found in indie rock bands who have paid their dues in the rugged trenches (i.e. Built to Spill, Flaming Lips and maybe My Morning Jacket). And, coincidentally, hints of all of those afore mentioned bands can be heard on BoH's debut, Everything All the Time.
This is the kind of album that will show you something new every time you listen to it. Those are the kinds of albums I like. Just like spring, its never the same as it was the day before. Everything All The Time continues to grow upward, outward, onward - a giant blooming tree of musical wonder.
For the Chi-Town crew, BoH will be at Scuba's on June 6 and 7. And for the Ohio folks, they will be at the Magic Bag in Detroit on June 10 and at the Grog Shop in Cleveland on June 11.
Web Site: Here
Order: Online Here
Stuff to Sample: From Band of Horse's debut Everything All the Time "The Funeral" and "Our Swords"
Bonus: There are a bunch of demos on BoH's website for your enjoyment.
I don't hear ANY Flaming Lips in these guys. My Morning Jacket, yes, a litte bit of BtoS as well.
[1] Try shaving the hair out of your ears.
Try shaving the ginger out of your ass
Don't be stupid and hairy. No freckles=Daywalker.