tongue-tied lightning Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Honestly, we're running out of equine puns over here, so we'll just give it to you straight: according to a post on the Band of Horses MySpace blog entitled "RECORD IS DONE!!!," they've wrapped sessions on their follow-up to last year's Everything All the Time. Check it:RECORD IS DONE!!!That's right folks. That little bastard's in the can and soon will be set free on the Sub Pop record label. We're looking at doing that sometime in October if CD's and Records still exsist in 4 months. And although this is a spoken word record with no musical accompaniment, we believe you'll be happy after 100 listens or so. Xoboh We at Pitchfork have yet to determine whether or not we hope they're serious about the whole spoken-word thing. According to a recent chat NME had with frontman Ben Bridwell, producer Phil Ek (who helmed Everything All the Time as well) has apparently been calling the new album "a southeast record," as opposed to the last one, a "northwest record." You could learn something from these fellas, Sufjan: there's only like eight regions to cover. Bridwell also told NME that the album will include songs titled "Ode to the LRC", "No One's Gonna Love You", and "Window Blues". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 now we get to start waiting for it to leak... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 maybe August ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rareair Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 good news as i am seeing them open for modest mouse in august! i was a little surprised that the entire band has changed except the lead singer but what do i know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 i'm hoping for a BoH headlining tour later in the year... i couldn't justify spending $50 to see them open for MM at red rocks... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 theyre cash money live Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 I have interest in MM hope they do their own tour. why the band changes ? ya know ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 theyre cash money live absolutely. one of the best shows i saw last year. i actually wasn't aware that there were any changes other than Mat leaving... ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rareair Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 absolutely. one of the best shows i saw last year. i actually wasn't aware that there were any changes other than Mat leaving... ? Band Of Horses is an entirely new group of equine since releasing their Sub Pop debut, "Everything All the Time," last year, with only frontman Ben Bridwell remaining for the group's upcoming effort. The new five-piece crew is not the only thing that's affected the rock troupe's as-yet-untitled 10-track set, due in late October via Sub Pop. "So much sh*t has gone down since making the last album," Bridwell tells Billboard.com. A pair of relationship perils, a move back to his hometown of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., re-connecting with family and a new romance have all provided fodder for the forthcoming album. "[The album] is made up mostly of a series of little stories," he says. "This definitely is mellow -- it's got a lot of sad songs, but it'll all be balanced out by some rockin' numbers and a couple stomp-and-clap country f*ckin' jams." Bridwell once again tapped veteran engineer Phil Ek to helm the decks in Seattle, though he spent some time laying down tracks in North and South Carolina. "If the first record was our Northwest-sounding record, this one's Southeastern," he says, explaining that it "has the soul of the Carolinas." Bridwell also promises his vocals will be more "pronounced. 'Everything' had a lot of smoke-and-mirrors lyrics and big huge effects on my vocals. I wasn't scared of singing this time around." That newfound ease allowed Bridwell to feel more industrious in the studio. "I could've waited and try to write songs perfect for this album, and stressed out over every little perfect thing -- like if a song sounded too weird or incomplete," he says. "But now I just want to write, get in a studio and cut a f*cking record." Highlights from the set include "Ode to the LRC," a song about a time when the songwriter hid out in a train caboose, and "No One's Gonna Love You," a "challenging" number about a failed relationship which closely resembles the feel of the last album's "The Funeral." "I'm afraid that one is probably going to be the single," he laughs. "It's hard, emotionally, and kinda hard to play. Like 'The Funeral,' it's like, 'Oh great, that's the one they're going to make me play on TV.'" The band will have plenty of time to preview new tunes this summer while on tour. Band Of Horses will play tomorrow (June 30) in Vancouver and is slated to open for Modest Mouse at a handful of dates in August. They will also be headlining their own tour, for which they recruited Charleston, S.C., rockers A Decent Animal and Oklahoma City's Stardeath And White Dwarfs as support. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 thanks for that article... i'm excited for the new record. i guess we'll see just how much ben bridwell = hand of horses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 theres an interview, but more importantly a live version of No Ones Gonna Love You here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 rich. i somehow missed the mp3 when i was reading your interview... i have to give the track a few more listens, i'm not sure how i feel about it just yet. ben sounds kinda weird without all the reverb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 as much as i love Everything, i kinda want their sound to change...somewhat...another collection of straightforward country/guitar driven rock would bore me to death. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brettac1 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 another collection of straightforward country/guitar driven rock would bore me to death. I don't know if it's possible to be bored to death twice, but that would be the case if they did another album like that one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 blasphemer!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_ashtray_says Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 last time i saw them i got the feeling mr. bridwell has quite the ego, which i could see other band members not willing to put up with. so that's my 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
damo Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 i saw them in australia when they were the headline it was pretty funny he was playing songs he had just written a couple days ago to fill in the time but now wiht a second cd i guess they will be able to fill in time easy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nowhereman65 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 last time i saw them i got the feeling mr. bridwell has quite the ego, which i could see other band members not willing to put up with. so that's my 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Is There A Ghost http://gvsbchris.com/isthereaghost.mp3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 nice !doesn't sound very different from the last record, which i'm fine with when's it coming out ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 nice !doesn't sound very different from the last record, which i'm fine with when's it coming out ?10/9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rareair Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Band of Horses sounded great the other night. i actually enjoyed them more than Modest Mouse. and the new songs they played were good. i am looking forward to this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 oh that rocks. i can't WAIT for the new album... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 the end riff of this song reminds me of The Cure's "Friday I'm In Love" meets Dinosaur Jr's "Start Choppin'" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 sounds like Pearl Jam to me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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