Everything All the Time
This Seattle-based band was formed from the ashes of the incredibly talented Carissa's Wierd [sic], whose mopey and self-deprecating songs were like some magical and baroque combination of the Magnetic Fields, Cat Power, and Leonard Cohen. Longtime friends of Iron and Wine, few fans in their native Pacific Northwest could understand why Carissa's weren't huge. But they weren't, and after three albums and few folks really caring, they naturally broke up. Band of Horses, led by ultra-charming CW bassist Ben Bridwell, is a remarkably different, though just as radically excellent, brand of indie-pop sulk. These songs are anthems to ambivalence, and Bridwell's lovely high-pitched trill will please any fan of Built to Spill, the Shins, and Modest Mouse. It takes a few listens to sink in, but Everything is transcendent, shimmering, layered, and smartass emo-pop fully ready for stadium saturation. --James Conde Guitarist/vocalist Ben Bridwell and bassist Mat Brooke formed Band Of Horses in 2004 after the dissolution of their nearly ten-year run in northwest melancholic darlings Carissa's Wierd. Carissa's Wierd trafficked in sadly beautiful orchestral pop, whose songs told unflinching stories of heartbreak and loss, leavened with defeatist humor. Band Of Horses rises from those ashes. Buoyed by Bridwell's warm, reverb-heavy vocals (which channel a strange brew of Wayne Coyne, Neil Young, and Doug Martsch), the group's woodsy, dreamy songs ooze with amorphous tension, longing, and hope. Both raggedly epic and delicately pensive, this is an album painted gorgeously in fragile highs and lows.
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-08-2008
- sublime
Some of the negative critiques of this record mystify me. Sure, the lead singer is reminiscent of Neil Young and My Morning Jacket, but so what? Every song is sublime. I can't stop playing this record. Buy it. And while you're at it,...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-30-2008
- Super
I without a doubt loved this album.I can't say anything bad about it. You need to hear Band of Horses.
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-11-2008
- Pure pop goodness...
is an apt synopsis of this album. Not breaking major new ground, but somehow managing to create a classic sound, Band of Horses sounds like Brian Wilson's slightly melancholy, introspective brother who also likes Ride; creating...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Mar-15-2008
- One of the best albums ever.
This was the band's first album and all the songs were great. Better than their follow-up album.
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-08-2008
- sublime
Some of the negative critiques of this record mystify me. Sure, the lead singer is reminiscent of Neil Young and My Morning Jacket, but so what? Every song is sublime. I can't stop playing this record. Buy it. And while you're at it,...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-04-2007
- good, but NOT great
music is like built to spill, without any guitar explorations. its a straight "by the book" rock album, which is good but not great. vocals are heavy on the reverb. a mix between perry farrell and jim james , which is good but not...
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- 2/5
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- Posted: Jan-17-2008
- No more Neil Young clones please
J Mascis, Wayne Coyne and Doug Martsch have already done enough Neil Youg type vocals and now we've got these guys and a bunch of other clones like Grandaddy blah blah blah. Buy On The Beach and be done with it. This stuff reeks.
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