are the best rock band in america.
'An instrumental odyssey from Baltimore quartet Horse Lords: drums, bass, sax, guitar, and percussion fuse together to carve out deep, hypnotic grooves of bold new American rock and roll. Using a just intonation tuning system, the band constructs layers of punching, syncopated phrase that call upon elements of krautrock, African poly-rhythms, and classical minimalism.'
http://horselords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfClXuKqjvA&spfreload=10
i was stoked to see some excitement for Horse Lords in the parquet courts thread & here we are
― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 01:53 (nine years ago) link
they need to get those three mixtape jams up on band camp. they're looser than the albums but they're the best
every once in a while I play 'church of anthrax' because how could an album by john cale and terry riley not be amazing, but now I can just go listen to these
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 01:57 (nine years ago) link
mixtapes II & III are up on bandcamp as name yr price downloads. i know cuz i ran off to their page right after they came up in the parkay quarts thread. you have to give your email address & they send you a link, otherwise painless.
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 02:04 (nine years ago) link
sold
― WRINKLEPAWSOME (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 02:08 (nine years ago) link
i saw a headline on these guys the other day.
"Horse Lords lay waste to indie rock bands treading water"
listening to stuff on their Bandcamp and am really impressed
― hackshaw, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 03:34 (nine years ago) link
going to see them next week at union pool
― calstars, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 03:40 (nine years ago) link
"Hidden Cities" sounds the coolest to my ears. U.S. Maple jamming in Africa?
https://soundcloud.com/nnatapes/sets/nna075
― hackshaw, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 03:42 (nine years ago) link
union pool show is w/ chris forsyth who owned at palisades last month, i am there
― adam, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 04:20 (nine years ago) link
holy cats these mixtapes are great
― WRINKLEPAWSOME (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 04:26 (nine years ago) link
like, really really great
thanks Milton
― WRINKLEPAWSOME (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 04:29 (nine years ago) link
I've only heard their 2014 release and these two long tracks are great
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 07:14 (nine years ago) link
blowing my mind, been looking for music like this
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 20:33 (nine years ago) link
Guitars tuned in just intonation tunings Global. The next frontier ....
― grandavis, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:04 (nine years ago) link
finally got a copy of Max from HL's excellent solo album from last year, RED ANXIETY TRACERS, highly recommended, doesnt sound like HL, minimal noise/ music concrete i guess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l6k9HXFdeM
― flappy bird (spazzmatazz), Friday, 6 March 2015 02:21 (nine years ago) link
Max is about to do a tour on the west coast w Luminous Kudler after playing some Horse Lords gigs so if you dig him solo definitely check those out, I just caught his new set with his new modular-to-computer-and-back-again rig and it was really righteous
― the tune was space, Friday, 6 March 2015 03:19 (nine years ago) link
I should prob nominate a song or two for the epics poll
― the war on me (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 6 March 2015 18:01 (nine years ago) link
I voted for Who Taught You to Hate Yourself? in the 2012 tracks poll so maybe that one...
― the war on me (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 6 March 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
Any info on the tour out there? Would love to catch him.
― Tomás Piñon (Ryan), Friday, 6 March 2015 18:13 (nine years ago) link
Horse Lords play VASSAR college tonight, FYI
their Facebook tends to list these things, and max is @420_horchata on Twitter if you wanna see what he's up to
― the tune was space, Friday, 6 March 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
Thanks! I might have to figure out how to swing a round trip to Olympia on Wednesday...
― Tomás Piñon (Ryan), Friday, 6 March 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
http://horselords.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-cities-remix
remixes by the tune is space, Milton Parker, etc.
the album still rules and is in my regular rotation
― sleeve, Thursday, 2 April 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
Great! Will get those tonight. "Outer East" is such a great track to play in the car, pedal to the metal at 10 minutes in :)Who's Milton Parker on that list of remixers?
― willem, Friday, 3 April 2015 09:24 (nine years ago) link
I can't say, sorry, just remembered that
― sleeve, Friday, 3 April 2015 14:00 (nine years ago) link
Ha, ok, no problem.
― willem, Friday, 3 April 2015 14:08 (nine years ago) link
Oh, need to check that out. Only recently heard the impressive album.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 April 2015 14:27 (nine years ago) link
new album!
http://horselords.bandcamp.com/album/interventions
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Monday, 8 February 2016 15:20 (eight years ago) link
!!
― I'm currently in an online essential oil class! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 8 February 2016 15:24 (eight years ago) link
and a tour!4/27 Philadelphia, PA TBA4/28 TBA, TBA TBA4/29 Brooklyn, NY TBA4/30 Cambridge, MA Out of the Blue Gallery5/1 Western, MA TBA5/2 Annendale-on-Hudson, NY Smog5/3 TBA TBA5/4 Quebec City, QB TBA5/5 Montreal, QB Brasserie Beaubien5/6 Toronto, ON Feast in the East5/7 Buffalo, NY Sugar City5/8 Detroit, MI TBA5/9 Chicago, IL Situations5/11 Minneapolis, MN TBA5/12 Lincoln, NE Tr33 H0use5/13 Denver, CO Glob5/14 Salt Lake City, UT Diabolical Records5/16 Seattle, WA TBA5/17 Portland, OR Human Flesh Body World5/18 Arcata, CA Richard's Goat Tavern & Tea Room5/19 Oakland, CA TBA5/20 San Francisco, CA TBA5/21 Los Angeles, CA TBA5/22 Tiajuana, MX La Caja Fuerte5/24 Los Angeles, CA Live on The Unwrinkled Ear KCHUNG5/25 Tempe, AZ TBA5/26 Santa Fe, NM Radical Abicus5/27 Oklahoma City, OK TBA5/28 Austin, TX TBA5/30 New Orleans, LA TBA5/31 Atlanta, GA TBA6/1 Asheville, NC TBA6/2 Virgiania Beach, VA Back Bay Brewery6/3 Washington, DC TBA6/4 Baltimore, MD TBA
― tylerw, Monday, 8 February 2016 15:27 (eight years ago) link
Uggh, so pissed I missed them when they played Charlottesville. Why VA Beach? Didn't realize anyone played VA Beach ....
― grandavis, Monday, 8 February 2016 15:33 (eight years ago) link
The preview clip from the new record is fucking sweet.
― grandavis, Monday, 8 February 2016 15:39 (eight years ago) link
FRIDAY, i have been jamming "truthers" on the regular, i am excited to see them play new stuff/hear the record
― adam, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 15:55 (eight years ago) link
if you replace the Rs with Us, they are house louds
― mandatory sex webinar (contenderizer), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 09:00 (eight years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/event/music/476020413/video-horse-lords-hypnotic-truthers-will-blast-your-noodle cool video. listened to the record on my commute this morning and it is very good indeed.
― adam, Friday, 29 April 2016 15:23 (eight years ago) link
fuck, vinyl is sold out!
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Friday, 29 April 2016 15:26 (eight years ago) link
i gotta listen a bit more to these guys, something isn't quite clicking with me. but i trust you guys.
― tylerw, Friday, 29 April 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
preordered a couple months back. hope i am not forgotten.
― mandatory sex webinar (contenderizer), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
and the first LP is surprisingly hard to track down these days
― mandatory sex webinar (contenderizer), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:04 (eight years ago) link
yeah I've had that on my list for at least a year now, impossible
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
i almost ordered the vinyl last night (said their were 4 left) but held off ... surely they'll have someone at the merch table on tour, yah?
― alpine static, Friday, 29 April 2016 16:45 (eight years ago) link
they are playing with friends of mine about 50 feet from my store on the 3rd of may. gonna buy all the records.
― scott seward, Friday, 29 April 2016 16:49 (eight years ago) link
yes i hit the atm just now in order to raid the merch table tonight. i might buy a t shirt if they exist. the last band shirt i bought was napalm death.
― adam, Friday, 29 April 2016 18:04 (eight years ago) link
this rules
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 29 April 2016 18:14 (eight years ago) link
like, too good. i love it. can't wait to see them
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 29 April 2016 19:03 (eight years ago) link
^^^
― alpine static, Friday, 29 April 2016 19:06 (eight years ago) link
they were so great when i saw them last year, looking forward to seeing them again in a week or sothey're playing a diy venue which seems a little weird but w/e
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 29 April 2016 19:07 (eight years ago) link
oh man, guess I am gonna buy some FLAC files here
excited
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Friday, 29 April 2016 19:14 (eight years ago) link
rules
― j., Friday, 29 April 2016 22:51 (eight years ago) link
V good.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Saturday, 30 April 2016 00:56 (eight years ago) link
OK, wow, the lossless version sounds great imo.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Saturday, 30 April 2016 14:34 (eight years ago) link
yes, it certainly does. listening now.
this is next-level, even better than Hidden Cities imo
drummer really shines on this so far
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Saturday, 30 April 2016 15:34 (eight years ago) link
there are two!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:43 (eight years ago) link
at least there were when i saw them one holding down the fort and the other one who did more intricate stuff and had at least one cowbell
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:44 (eight years ago) link
ah that explains the intricacy I was grooving to, thx
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Saturday, 30 April 2016 17:05 (eight years ago) link
two drummers on friday night, though the more-intricate one doubled on sax for "truthers." they are selling a t-shirt in the same color as the album jacket and it is gnarly in the cold light of day. psyched to wear to summer weddings or jury duty.
― adam, Sunday, 1 May 2016 23:32 (eight years ago) link
He played saxophone when I saw them last year too, & used the circular breathing technique that I see jazz dudes use. It dawned on me that he had probably been to official Music School but it's always possible he taught himself to be super awesome.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 2 May 2016 00:42 (eight years ago) link
ha was just listening to this and then surfed to ilx and saw this thread was at the top so i'll just add to the chorus that it's great
― Mordy, Monday, 2 May 2016 00:43 (eight years ago) link
if y'all don't know that circular breathing sax dude is Andrew Bernstein who has a couple of excellent albums posted in the current time-travel thread, well, now you know.
― alpine static, Monday, 2 May 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
It dawned on me that he had probably been to official Music School
Goucher College, acc. to LinkedIn
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 2 May 2016 02:33 (eight years ago) link
this stuff hasn't fully clicked for me but imma go see em on thursday, hoping it'll all come together in a live + really stoned context. Max Eilbacher's old band Needlegun played maybe my favourite crazypants diy set ever, blew me away on just like a random thursday night show i went to cause my friends were opening. and this thursdays show is at the same bar. unfortunately the opening arent my friends cool noise band but some jazz skronk wankers... bleh
― de l'asshole (flopson), Monday, 2 May 2016 14:48 (eight years ago) link
yeah i like Horse Lords but Needlegun was my shit
― some dude, Monday, 2 May 2016 14:55 (eight years ago) link
this riff \m/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKlpzSYhr0M&feature
― de l'asshole (flopson), Monday, 2 May 2016 15:00 (eight years ago) link
my favorite needle gun set of the first iteration (mike, max, jack, gram):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw7vUyJlo3Q
― flappy bird, Monday, 2 May 2016 15:58 (eight years ago) link
when i saw them it was way more rawk
― de l'asshole (flopson), Monday, 2 May 2016 16:44 (eight years ago) link
re: two drummers and sax above, and this should be in the thread anyway. I think this is Wildcat Strike off the first record (and drum-->sax switch around 4min).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p58eEgyQ3rE
― city worker, Monday, 2 May 2016 18:35 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzHK4oo1GLI
― scott seward, Friday, 6 May 2016 15:20 (eight years ago) link
great show
― de l'asshole (flopson), Friday, 6 May 2016 15:24 (eight years ago) link
is that youtube ok to share?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 6 May 2016 16:01 (eight years ago) link
i could have driven to mass or vt to see them this past week but i am old and have to job :(
― Francis Ford Cupola (contenderizer), Friday, 6 May 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
you can share that video as long as you give credit like this:
VIDEO COURTESY OF Sam PunkrockHobbit Jem Hadge
― scott seward, Friday, 6 May 2016 16:12 (eight years ago) link
it's all that he asks really. and if you want to see almost every great weird show in western mass over the last couple of years, check out his channel.
― scott seward, Friday, 6 May 2016 16:13 (eight years ago) link
Thanks, will do!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 6 May 2016 17:03 (eight years ago) link
yeah, tip appreciate, scott!
also, got my LP of this from the nice northern spy people today. came with an eye-scorching screenprint thing and looks boss.
― Francis Ford Cupola (contenderizer), Friday, 6 May 2016 18:35 (eight years ago) link
unfortunately the opening arent my friends cool noise band but some jazz skronk wankers... bleh
It does seem like they could have used more help booking their tour. One of the places they are playing in the Bay Area is like, the worst place to see a show in the wanky-bad-free-improv no one shows up because it's boring places (as opposed to douchebro/overpriced drinks type worst places)
― sarahell, Friday, 6 May 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link
I'm a little concerned that the place they're playing in Seattle is way too small, given that the show will probably get written up in alt-weeklies as a can't-miss.
― JoeStork, Friday, 6 May 2016 19:04 (eight years ago) link
^^ more proof of my theory.
― sarahell, Friday, 6 May 2016 19:06 (eight years ago) link
To be fair it's a rad space and Andrew Bernstein played there a few weeks ago but they might be underestimating their audience.
― JoeStork, Friday, 6 May 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
yeah, the band played this space in Oakland that I sometimes help my friends book when they toured out here last (two years ago?), but it can fit 50 ppl tops, and the friend who's on the lease would have had a major panic attack dealing with that many people and the "unwanted attention" that would attract as the space is basically a house.
― sarahell, Friday, 6 May 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
they probably would have played at my store last year but i'm taking a break and the local music store across the street is doing regular shows. which is cool. i got a little burnt out on all the shows we had. the music store is in a HUGE old bank building with a big old safe and everything. two spots for music. the back for loud stuff and the main room with a zillion foot ceiling for quieter stuff. tony pasquarosa and pg six played that room 2 weeks ago.
my wife just rented the floor above my store though and i might use that in the future for music. it's 2000 square feet of space.
― scott seward, Friday, 6 May 2016 19:35 (eight years ago) link
my friends neel (bromp treb) and ted, olivia, and matt (curse purse) opened for them here.
― scott seward, Friday, 6 May 2016 19:36 (eight years ago) link
they were originally listed for a house show in Portland (I'm 99 percent sure), but have since bumped up to an appropriate/good venue.
― alpine static, Friday, 6 May 2016 20:30 (eight years ago) link
they're playing a basement here on monday, which is likely to be way too smallalthough last year they opened for liturgy so they played a relatively normal venue (for liturgy)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 6 May 2016 20:37 (eight years ago) link
coincidentally, Zs are playing here yesterday and today
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 6 May 2016 20:38 (eight years ago) link
― scott seward, Friday, May 6, 2016 12:36 PM (1 hour ago)
I think I have met them too! i think they just played here in Oakland recently?
― sarahell, Friday, 6 May 2016 20:46 (eight years ago) link
there weren't that many people at the show in Montreal. would have been a crowded basement show but a thin-to-regular draw for a thursday night at a bar. seemed poorly promoted (no involvement with major indie promoters, just a facebook event and a handscrawled poster in the 5-block vicinity of the venue) + we don't really have an anglophone alt-weekly anymore.
― de l'asshole (flopson), Friday, 6 May 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link
neel was recently in cali. you know chris and jess, no? they were all in fat worm together.
neel and curse purse just got back from europe. they played some shows together there. even iceland!
― scott seward, Friday, 6 May 2016 21:05 (eight years ago) link
yes, and yes! wow!
― sarahell, Friday, 6 May 2016 21:06 (eight years ago) link
i heard about the mpls show via a local music scene-y message board, wouldn't have seen it anywhere else. not sure how that poster even found out!
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 6 May 2016 21:39 (eight years ago) link
GT - and it's not listed on the Eagles calendar, which looks fairly up to date. need confirmation, don't want to miss them.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Friday, 6 May 2016 22:25 (eight years ago) link
it's on the northern spy website with more info:http://northernspyrecords.com/shows/
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 6 May 2016 23:23 (eight years ago) link
cool, thx!
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Friday, 6 May 2016 23:52 (eight years ago) link
i never reported back about this show! i am so glad it was at the diy space! what a fun experience and i was not the oldest person there or even the oldest woman. the only serious issue was that it was packed beyond reason, and i was standing about 12-15 in front of the bass/amp which was cranked to the point of drowning virtually everything else out. i thought maybe it was just me, but i asked around and that was not the case. from what i could hear, they sounded awesome and even played a short round of solos good times
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
12-15 *feet, at the most
Just started listening to this. Sounds v good so far: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Horse_Lords/Live_at_WFMU_on_Gateway_To_Joy_with_Donna_7262016/
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 03:49 (seven years ago) link
New mixtape coming, new interview here:
http://thequietus.com/articles/21987-horse-lords-interview
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 16:42 (seven years ago) link
https://horselords.bandcamp.com/album/mixtape-iv
― sleeve, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
btw that WFMU set Sund4r links above is really good
anyone have a chance to see them with Roedelius & Wume last weekend? i keep wondering how that show was but i don't know anyone who went.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 16:47 (seven years ago) link
Wume are sick
― flopson, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 16:57 (seven years ago) link
I didn't get to go to the show but it turned out not to be Horse Lords because one of them couldn't make it (they refuse to try and play their stuff a man down). The rest of them did a weird electronic set.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:06 (seven years ago) link
xxp
i was at that show. horse lords were doing a kind of different set than i've seen from them before. no drummer, +1 bagpiper. extra drone. bagpiper walked through the audience at one point making for a cool phasing effect.
Wume was solid as per usual.
Roedelius was great. i'd never heard his solo stuff, but it was basically a quiet, subtle, spacey, psych thing that you would expect from a dude from Kluster. he finished with some more straightforward, melodic keyboard pieces that were beautiful. good night out.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:08 (seven years ago) link
ah, ok, that would explain the different set.
xp
― circa1916, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
bagpiper!! i saw yoshi wada recently and he had a bagpipe and there was a full-regalia trad bagpiper too. i was sitting on the floor and when they walked into the room it was MAGICAL. amazing.
i love roedelius -- was wondering if he played more piano stuff or what. his compositions are so...idk how to put it...clear?
i don't blame them for not playing their horse lords material without a drummer -- it wouldn't sound like them anyway, so why try?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
Quietus interview is very good thx Ned
― flopson, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
Happy to share it!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:39 (seven years ago) link
the show was sweet, horse lords initially dropped out but I'm glad they threw something together with only 2 days' notice. owen's guitar playing in particular was great. Roedelius' set was mostly laptop/electronics, with a bit of electric piano at the end. he was hilarious, stood up at the end of his set and said "So no one's going to bring me a Schnapps?" Then he took his iPhone out and made everyone give him a standing ovation as he filmed it lol
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
really digging Mixtape IV right now, looking forward to whatever they do next.
― sleeve, Thursday, 16 August 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
the 1st album and Mixtape #1 are on Bandcamp now
― sleeve, Thursday, 27 December 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
Playing on a bill with Mdou Moctar in DC next week.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 January 2019 04:46 (five years ago) link
oh man, what a bill. wish those two would tour the whole country together.
― alpine static, Friday, 4 January 2019 04:48 (five years ago) link
otm! that sounds amazing.
― sleeve, Friday, 4 January 2019 15:05 (five years ago) link
prolly gonnna go to that
― flappy bird, Friday, 4 January 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
I went. A good show. Alright, some Horse Lords tunes got a little too out there for me, but others I liked. Was seeing Mdou again and he did not disappoint
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 January 2019 04:29 (five years ago) link
i have a huge crush on Max Eilbacher
― flopson, Thursday, 10 January 2019 04:41 (five years ago) link
I didn't go, had to work. missed Mdou here again, too. ohwell nexttime
― flappy bird, Thursday, 10 January 2019 04:45 (five years ago) link
Sorry. Next time. Horse Lords introduced 1 song by saying “you’ve never heard this one before.”
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 January 2019 15:11 (five years ago) link
best US band of the decade?
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 5 April 2019 03:27 (five years ago) link
bump
serious question
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 5 April 2019 19:21 (five years ago) link
idk probably? certainly one of the only US rock bands i have had much interest in this decade
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 5 April 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
― tylerw, Friday, April 29, 2016 3:41 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha, this is still kinda how i feel.
― tylerw, Friday, 5 April 2019 20:43 (five years ago) link
who are even still the other bands
― j., Friday, 5 April 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
I really like them, especially live. Got to see a double bill of Horse Lords and Mdou Moctar and I must say that was a helluva show.
― grandavis, Friday, 5 April 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
i like their double drummer setup and rhythmic complexityand this sounds dismissive but i don't mean it that way at all since i am uneducated formally -- they seem very well educated in playing music. when i saw them a while ago, someone remarked that they sounded like they had "gone to school" and that was my exact impression upon seeing them the first time too. no one gets to play drums that precisely and also learn the circular breathing technique for the saxophone just sitting in their basement alone.
https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/on-first-solo-outing-saxophonist-andrew-bernstein-breaks-music-down-to-the-fundamentals/
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 5 April 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
xp so jealous
ll otm, they def have "chops"
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 5 April 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah they are working with tools and ideas, not "jamming" or rocking out. I think your enjoyment of them probably depends on how wired you are for the set of tools, which I am particularly wired for!
― grandavis, Friday, 5 April 2019 20:55 (five years ago) link
This is not to suggest that they do not rock
seems like they have chosen to express more complicated musical ideas in the idiom of "rock music" because that means more people have the opportunity to understand it/enjoy it bc they are familiar with the sonic vocabulary (tools) of rock music. it could open people's ears and minds to hearing more non-rock music. that's nice.
gotta say though -- seeing them perform >>> listening to their recordingsfor mei like to see + hear what they are doing. i've seen them...3x? i think?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 5 April 2019 20:59 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah, live is best! Really cool to see the two drummers in action, as well as the other stuff going on of course. Seems that that first statement is right on too based on something or other I have read. Always interested in people using common frameworks (i.e. "rock band") to sneak other things in. Fun way to work.
― grandavis, Friday, 5 April 2019 21:07 (five years ago) link
I dunno I mean I haven't seen them live but I just love all the Mixtapes, and those are definitely not something built for a live translation - I think they excel in both arenas (live & studio)
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 5 April 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link
btw Mixtape IV totally rules if y'all have not heard it yet
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 5 April 2019 21:09 (five years ago) link
must be a mother to remember how to play all their tunes
― j., Sunday, 7 April 2019 23:44 (five years ago) link
they don't play them exactly the same every time, they discussed that in some interview. and having a weirdly tuned just intonation guitar probably doesn't hurt
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 8 April 2019 01:01 (five years ago) link
yeah, i would expect as much—but still
― j., Monday, 8 April 2019 01:02 (five years ago) link
saw them live, it was excellent
showed them to a friend via bandcamp
said friend is a drummer nerd who studied percussion in ghana and plays in an almost-famous neo-afrobeat outfit.
he listened to them for like two months straight, exclusively.
i am not “educated”
they are not a rock band to me but i love them
― budo jeru, Monday, 8 April 2019 03:39 (five years ago) link
https://horselords.bandcamp.com/album/the-common-task
― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Thursday, 23 January 2020 06:30 (four years ago) link
yesssssss
― j., Thursday, 23 January 2020 07:17 (four years ago) link
HELL YES!
― alpine static, Thursday, 23 January 2020 07:18 (four years ago) link
just preordered the everloving shit outta this
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Thursday, 23 January 2020 13:30 (four years ago) link
excellent excellent news
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 23 January 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
they're one of the many reasons I'm stoked for Long Play in NYC
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 23 January 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
The promo was in my inbox this afternoon. It’s good.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Thursday, 23 January 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link
Hope I get to see them live again soon. It has been too long.
― grandavis, Friday, 24 January 2020 15:58 (four years ago) link
― budo jeru, Friday, 24 January 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
BAGPIPES
― ogmor, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:08 (four years ago) link
seriously! still wrapping my head around this, feels like part of their continuum from the start and very cohesive but also some startlingly cool additions
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:42 (four years ago) link
deep horse lords
i had high expectations but my initial listen makes me think they've been surpassed
― ogmor, Friday, 13 March 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link
can't wait to get home and crank this at high volume!
― sleeve, Friday, 13 March 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
this is great, of course
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 13 March 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
it's another one of these bands (like with Ahleuchatistas' Arrebato album) where I realise I don't really have an aversion to math rock when it's done like this.
― calzino, Friday, 13 March 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
i mean this is just wonderful, ecstatic energy and creativity. i love it
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 13 March 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link
the last ~5 minutes of the closing track definitely has quotations of previous material. kind of a good trick for them to do
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 13 March 2020 22:49 (four years ago) link
Saw them live a few years ago at a sit down venue and they had the bagpipes. I think they suggested to close your eyes (? memory’s shaky here, but people had eyes closed) and the bagpipe guy played while walked around the room. Some cool psych phasing going on.
― circa1916, Saturday, 14 March 2020 01:39 (four years ago) link
Was supposed to see them tonight in bk but we're living in a nightmare so going to buy the vinyl/merch instead. Fucking awesome band and amazing album.
― gman59, Saturday, 14 March 2020 17:22 (four years ago) link
they made awesome shirts for the new record but they’re completely sold out on bandcamp :/
― budo jeru, Monday, 16 March 2020 04:54 (four years ago) link
They already are on pressing #2 of the record I believe, they would re-up the shirts I imagine too if they sold out that fast. Especially as they aren't even getting to tour it for a while.
― grandavis, Monday, 16 March 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link
this is exactly the record I was hoping it'd be. definitely going to be cranking this a ton over the next few weeks of quarantine
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 16 March 2020 22:33 (four years ago) link
same
also, horse lords twitter confirms new round of shirts on the way
― budo jeru, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:44 (four years ago) link
Cool, figured. Hope you get one.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 02:04 (four years ago) link
Listening to this for the first time right now and fuck am I grinning at how fucking great this is. This is what I need right now. This, and wine.
― kraudive, Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah, so good.
― Sund4r, Saturday, 21 March 2020 22:57 (four years ago) link
WOW, this is fantastic stuff.
― jmm, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 13:43 (four years ago) link
listening to this on weed in the dark last night was wild. It's like a science fiction movie
― Chief Kyiv, Saturday, 4 April 2020 00:03 (four years ago) link
Our long out of print 2014 NNA Tapes LP Hidden Cities has been repressed! Available on Bandcamp starting tonight at midnight.
― sleeve, Saturday, 6 June 2020 01:54 (three years ago) link
yo good looking out, just ordered it!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 6 June 2020 04:25 (three years ago) link
same!
― alpine static, Saturday, 6 June 2020 04:47 (three years ago) link
original post otm
still can't get over the most recent one.
"integral accident" feels very "einstein on the beach" at times.
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 20:08 (three years ago) link
the mazey design thing on the album cover is a buncha Hs & Ls, right? Ls in the corner and Hs on the sides? right? this is a thought I had while staring at the album cover and pondering the design choice and listening to this. it's very good. "born under punches" works well on a playlist immediately after "fanfare for effective freedom" just fyi
https://i.imgur.com/NPZSk7Z.jpg
― the burrito that defined a generation, Sunday, 19 July 2020 00:46 (three years ago) link
Ha I didn't notice that.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Sunday, 19 July 2020 03:09 (three years ago) link
Whoa now I gotta go dig that record out. Listened to it heavily when I first got it, such a great band.
― grandavis, Sunday, 19 July 2020 03:24 (three years ago) link
live set out
https://vimeo.com/466694019?fbclid=IwAR3ANC0vqlMBzHXbz7Dj_BXN3t4gV6Qqop4BjnEUzW5ieJser1LkeGVTwG0#t=4155s
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 10 October 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link
weird, the link seemed to work earlier, but now i'm sitting down to watch the whole set and i guess it's gone
― budo jeru, Saturday, 10 October 2020 23:13 (three years ago) link
seems like this would be the place the footage will show up, if the festival folks decide to re-post it:
https://tuskfestival.com/archive/
― budo jeru, Sunday, 11 October 2020 00:58 (three years ago) link
in the meantime, i really enjoyed this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBqeYHeNkcA
― budo jeru, Sunday, 11 October 2020 01:13 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyT3mMFUtDQ
― city worker, Thursday, 22 October 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
sweet
― budo jeru, Thursday, 22 October 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
huh, they've got some wacky stuff going on with their frets there, I see. reckon these lads have read a book or two about music theory and whatnot
that's good watchin
― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 22 October 2020 17:58 (three years ago) link
hell yes this band rules so hard
― alpine static, Thursday, 22 October 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
that is very cool
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 22 October 2020 18:56 (three years ago) link
awesome, thanks
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Thursday, 22 October 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
I'm a sucker for some mictrotonal guitar action. These guys, King Gizzard, Noura Mint Seymali, who else am I missing?
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 22 October 2020 22:01 (three years ago) link
Ahleuchatistas' Arrebato album from a few years back, for starters!
― calzino, Thursday, 22 October 2020 22:07 (three years ago) link
xp Mdou Moctar?
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Thursday, 22 October 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
that band with the long name that imago likes?
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Thursday, 22 October 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
Lol, that describes most bands imago likes.
I'm checking these out, thanks!
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 22 October 2020 22:13 (three years ago) link
Immediately liking the Ahleuchatistas record. Some pretty string similarities to Horse Lords so far, but also getting Tortoise, Battles, and King Crimson in the mix.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 22 October 2020 22:18 (three years ago) link
it's a tremendous album
― calzino, Thursday, 22 October 2020 22:24 (three years ago) link
Ah yes, I think I've heard Mdou Moctar before, good stuff
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 22 October 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
also Harry Partch of course! not rock by any means, but great.
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Thursday, 22 October 2020 23:00 (three years ago) link
Weirdly, the thing this Mdou Moctar album reminds me of the most is Weld era Neil Young
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 22 October 2020 23:01 (three years ago) link
Well yeah, La Monte Young too
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 22 October 2020 23:02 (three years ago) link
don't sleep on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE5mA7YIFnY
think it's tommy tedesco @ 2m30s but not sure
― budo jeru, Thursday, 22 October 2020 23:28 (three years ago) link
Oh shit, this grooves
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 22 October 2020 23:39 (three years ago) link
"When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for an independent band to record a new album, generally the proceeds from touring the previous album are more than enough to pay for it. As the 1-year anniversary of our last album approaches, we find ourselves bursting with new, recordable material, but when we consult the touring ledger are assaulted by dust, cobwebs, tumbleweeds, and find with horror that our accountant is a skeleton! There was of course no tour last year—we have no money!
Fear not, beloved reader, you your beautiful self may be in a position to help! We are appealing to the generosity of our fans (which history has shown to be great) to finance what will be our ninth release, and any bit you can spare will be very meaningful. Any donation over $50 will get you a "free" copy of the record! We're grateful beyond words for your support over the years and into the future, many thanks in advance."
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-make-the-next-horse-lords-record
― city worker, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 19:42 (three years ago) link
https://horselords.bandcamp.com/album/comradely-objects-2
new album "comradely objects" nov. 4
― na (NA), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 15:32 (one year ago) link
!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 15:34 (one year ago) link
Who else here helped to crowdfund this one? I haven’t heard a peep before I saw this link.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 15:59 (one year ago) link
Oh nice, last record ruled I imagine this one will too. Interested to see just how far they can stretch the sound.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 16:19 (one year ago) link
Had to do a double take to make sure it wasn't "Step On" by the Happy Mondays when I first heard the new track! Sounds good though, looking forward to the record. It was crowdfunded? Where?
― Position Position, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 16:57 (one year ago) link
Ooh! That sounds v appealing. I need to listen to this immediately I think Also did not know about crowdfunding
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 18:15 (one year ago) link
Love an instrumental band that can create compelling music this consistently. I’m always happy to hear whatever HL has to offer, so far at least.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 18:25 (one year ago) link
If you contributed to our crowdfunding last year and didn’t send us your email and address, now is the time! We have names but not deets - horselordsb✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧— Horse Lords (@HorseLords) August 30, 2022
― city worker, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 18:37 (one year ago) link
Oh shit ... I forgot I contributed to the crowdfunding. Thanks for the reminder, MacDara.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 18:42 (one year ago) link
ha, i crowdfunded also but completely forgot. love this track, gets almost poppy but still sounds like them. they're amazing in how they can push and warp their 'formula' for lack of a better word
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 20:10 (one year ago) link
Yeah well said global. One thing I love about the band is that the changes happen in the racks but often in ways that are hard to anticipate/pin down. They just kind of morph and shift from one place to another throughout so they act kind if like little journeys and not "songs" (verses, choruses, breaks etc.). I really love some of the guitar runs in this one in particular.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 20:33 (one year ago) link
"changes happen in the tracks"
― grandavis, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
New one just isn't hitting like The Common Task on first listen. Sure it'll open up eventually.
― JackMyFruit, Saturday, 15 October 2022 03:08 (one year ago) link
Any bagpipes?
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Saturday, 15 October 2022 18:48 (one year ago) link
I really dig the housey piano on “Mess Mend”
― J. Sam, Saturday, 15 October 2022 22:05 (one year ago) link
https://thequietus.com/articles/32245-horse-lords-interview-2
i walked away from this interview liking the band less but i can't quite put my finger on why
― adam, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 14:14 (one year ago) link
whole thing smacks of privilege, self regard, ivory towers.sometimes i think steve reich is a pox on music.it's like hugh laurie playing the blues
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Thursday, 27 October 2022 10:22 (one year ago) link
I don't get what's so offensive about that. They just sound like intelligent dudes doing cool stuff?
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:07 (one year ago) link
this reads exactly like what i expected a horse lords interview to read like
― devvvine, Thursday, 27 October 2022 12:04 (one year ago) link
the sniffy "i don't even OWN a tv" vibe, unappealing imo
― adam, Thursday, 27 October 2022 12:13 (one year ago) link
XP not offended, so much as disheartened that such rather pedestrian math-rock should be framed as something high falutin, vorticist or "intellectual" - I think the fault there lies with the author, who comes on way too wide-eyed and bowled over by the assumed value of terms (or ideas) such as "contemporary composition" fwiw i dig andrew bernstein's solo stuff. horse lords not so much diff strokes etc
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Thursday, 27 October 2022 12:39 (one year ago) link
tbf did anyone really expect them to be like "we just want to party and rock your asses off, ARE YOU READY TO TESTIFY??"
not a shocking read considering the language around their promo stuff, song titles, solo projects, etc but i dont really care, i can still jam the albums without having to listen to them pontificate about architecture. very glad i got to see them a few times when they were still playing DIY spaces and not hifalutin' New Music festivals in Frankfurt or whatever.
tbf
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 27 October 2022 13:13 (one year ago) link
(my phone put a second "tbf" there because it really really wanted to make it clear that i was being fair)
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 27 October 2022 13:14 (one year ago) link
it's good to be fair!
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Thursday, 27 October 2022 13:22 (one year ago) link
tough but fair to be fair
― adam, Thursday, 27 October 2022 13:24 (one year ago) link
Sucks to see a good time workin class rock n roll band like Horse Lords putting on such pretentious airs after they got big
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 27 October 2022 13:26 (one year ago) link
this senegalese mbalax needs more brian ferneyhough!
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Thursday, 27 October 2022 14:30 (one year ago) link
are they big?
i'm not just asking in response to ums' post (which i understand is jokey) but i also have had other observations recently that made me feel like ... maybe this band is kinda big? or no?
or maybe they just hold a high opinion of themselves and that feels "big" from the outside.
― alpine static, Thursday, 27 October 2022 19:25 (one year ago) link
interview makes them seem like cool smart dudes
― flopson, Thursday, 27 October 2022 19:58 (one year ago) link
appreciate their commitment to the unified band outfit
― flopson, Thursday, 27 October 2022 19:59 (one year ago) link
I have faith that Baltimore dudes can't get too pompous.
― Chris L, Thursday, 27 October 2022 20:50 (one year ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, October 27, 2022 8:26 AM (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
LMAO
― budo jeru, Thursday, 27 October 2022 23:33 (one year ago) link
The last time I saw them (prob 2019 iirc) someone in the audience commented they had clearly “gone to school” (had a formal musical education). You don’t get to be a circular breathing saxophone player and precise af drummer DIY-ing in your spare time. It’s not news that they’re well-schooled imo.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Friday, 28 October 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
idg why this is a bad thing. Pretty much every great jazz artist revered here and elsewhere was well-schooled, too
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 28 October 2022 19:01 (one year ago) link
yeah they tended to put forward some worthwhile ground-breaking stuff tho
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Friday, 28 October 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
i don't think max eilbacher went to a fancy music school. he was in baltimore noise bands throughout the 00s
― flopson, Saturday, 29 October 2022 10:13 (one year ago) link
circular breathing isn't so difficult. knowing what to do with lips & fingers thereafter is the tricky bit
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Saturday, 29 October 2022 11:10 (one year ago) link
wow
― budo jeru, Saturday, 29 October 2022 14:20 (one year ago) link
well this revive inspired me to listen to the preview track of the new record and it totally rules, which is all I really care abt
― sleeve, Saturday, 29 October 2022 14:54 (one year ago) link
Their use of just intonation and irregular time signatures lifts this well above standard math rock. The recombination of elements is really clever and exciting to listen to.
― Composition 40b (Stew), Sunday, 30 October 2022 14:55 (one year ago) link
There is certainly something to said about the rise of conservatoire trained musicians in indie rock, avant-jazz and all points between. But I think one of the most positive developments in 21st C music is when that training is combined with DIY approaches, so you're breaking down the artificial race and class inflected barriers between jazz, rock, noise, new music etc. HL are one instance of that and I'm all for it. Saw some of the members play some great free improv sets with the likes of Luke Stewart at Moers this year - they're totally comfortable in that world. Fuck genre! :D
― Composition 40b (Stew), Sunday, 30 October 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
y'know i just took a listen to these guys on spotify and they're actually tons better than i remember. the inner curmudgeon got the upper hand, my bad. (reasons)was my issue more with the credulous style of journalism? i can't remember.
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Monday, 31 October 2022 06:31 (one year ago) link
Not having lyrics can be an advantage too: the band do not have to write anything on the nose or ridiculous. Music is just an object that acts as a nexus for the centre point of their communication with others. Gardner remarks that sound is a sort of abstract vector for this kind of expression, forcing more imagination. “We’re thinking about a new way to listen and forcing this kind of listening that’s more engaged with form and the abstract aspect of it, the experience of music. It puts people in the role of participants rather than just passive observers. It’s like we’re building this together.”
lol gtfo
― imago, Monday, 31 October 2022 09:23 (one year ago) link
New one out today, just finishing a first listen through this morning - it's phenomenal. I'd heard two of the tracks prereleased on youtube, but this works so well as a fully sequenced album. also operating just on a few hours of sleep thanks to world series game 5, but this seems to be a perfect state to take in their music!
― city worker, Friday, 4 November 2022 13:12 (one year ago) link
Any other crowdfund backers get a message from them yet? I don’t want to be ‘let me speak to the manager’ on release day but it’s kind of disappointing not to know what’s going on there.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Friday, 4 November 2022 15:31 (one year ago) link
No message here. I agree with you a message by now would've been ideal ... seems reasonable to give 'em till Monday, I think, before asking what's up.
― alpine static, Friday, 4 November 2022 19:46 (one year ago) link
Complaining makes you a participant, not just a passive observer!
― imago, Friday, 4 November 2022 19:49 (one year ago) link
listening to the full album and OK this rules, I like it more than anything since their first album? and way more than Common Task, which I couldn't really connect with. something about the production, sound, and the way the parts all interlock is just perfect for me here
― sleeve, Friday, 4 November 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
I should say, I like it more than anything since the mixtapes (which are incredible, go check them out if you haven't)
― sleeve, Friday, 4 November 2022 21:03 (one year ago) link
Re: crowdfund backers, from an email reply from Andrew Bernstein just now: “Pre-orders have been shipping this week and last week, so your record should be on its way.”
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Thursday, 10 November 2022 11:51 (one year ago) link
pic.twitter.com/eEvl1396sz— Fritz Pape (@fritzpape) November 10, 2022
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
lol
― budo jeru, Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:59 (one year ago) link
just digging into this, dope so far
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 November 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
think i like this new one better than any Horse Lords I've heard previously. very very cool.
― tylerw, Friday, 11 November 2022 15:45 (one year ago) link
fuck yeah i'm digging this all bloopy bleepin guitar shit in a danceable ⌺/12.3 time signature
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 November 2022 15:49 (one year ago) link
New collab release from drummer Sam Haberman: https://cachedmedia.bandcamp.com/album/radial
― The Ghost Club, Friday, 11 November 2022 22:04 (one year ago) link
new album is awesome. love the acid house 303 in ‘mess mend’
― flopson, Sunday, 13 November 2022 21:26 (one year ago) link
cool guest mix of the Folkways catalog:
https://folkways.si.edu/playlist/peoples-picks-horse-lords
― sleeve, Friday, 16 December 2022 16:37 (one year ago) link
We might have embarked on this playlist—as others wisely have—with a theme to lend some cohesion to the result, but instead we chose chaos. The dizzying, impossible variety of music and sound that Smithsonian Folkways (and some smaller labels under their caring umbrella) has given the world ought to be experienced as a disjointed, disorienting maelstrom of pleasure, totally resisting any representation of its totality ...
love these guys but god are they insufferable. like just admit that you threw something together at the last minute
― budo jeru, Saturday, 17 December 2022 17:06 (one year ago) link
Nothing insufferable about that statement imo.Started listening in bed yesterday and fell asleep, first three tracks I liked though :)
― willem, Saturday, 17 December 2022 17:33 (one year ago) link
I don't get the obsession here with accusing these guys of being any more pompous than any other arty post rock band
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 17 December 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
Agreed, ESPECIALLY with a state as innocuous as the above
― zacata, Saturday, 17 December 2022 23:02 (one year ago) link
Statement of course
new live EP
https://horselords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-leipzig
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Thursday, 2 March 2023 16:00 (one year ago) link
live album out now
https://horselords.bandcamp.com/album/as-it-happened-horse-lords-live
― Taylor Slift (sleeve), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 15:17 (three months ago) link