Band of Horses
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Admirers of My Morning Jacket and Nada Surf will appreciate Band Of Horses' brand of intelligent, jangly, folkish rock. 'Cease To Begin' is the second album by this trio from the foothills of the Appalachian mountains and, with angel-voiced lead singer Ben Bridwell at the fore, it's a delightfully soothing record. It's founded on some Flaming Lips-style handclapping, ghostly echoes, plinky-plonk piano amid much musing on love unrequited and, on 'Ode To LRC', a lost dog who used to visit Bridwell. The highpoint is the beautiful, echo-laden country waltz 'Detlef Schrempf' - a song about a six-foot-nine German basketball player. If there's one criticism to throw at 'Cease To Begin', though, it's that at 35 minutes, it's too short.
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Band of Horses
Instrumentally, subtle use of synths, keyboards and strings now embellish the sharp arrangements and add a new, more mature, depth to the bands sound.more at drownedinsound.com
10 months ago.Band of Horses
Thousands of land-locked miles from the Great Salt Lake, this cross-country change of scenery is subtly apparent: If Everything All the Time was a Pacific Northwest indie album with flourishes of country and Southern rock, then Cease to Begin reverses the equation. Putting a different regional spin on their tender-hearted indie rock, however, doesn’t change up the sound too much—the guitars still churn and crest majestically, Bridwell’s vocals still echo with grandiose reverb—but simply creates an atmosphere evocative of something like autumn in a small town. more at pitchforkmedia.com
11 months ago.