Lately I\u2019ve found myself stuck in a music rut. Maybe it\u2019s having thousands of songs at my fingertips, which, of course, means the second I set upon one, there\u2019s something shinier and possibly more fascinating just a click away. Or maybe it\u2019s the heat. Whatever it is, my tried-and-true solution is to pick an album completely at random and see if what shows up from Amazon is entertaining or just strange; I\u2019ve had some of everything. This time (to prove just how deep I am), my choice ended up being based on cover art and a particularly cool band name.<\/p>\n
Enter Band Of Horses, formed in 2004 by Seattle indie-rockers Ben Bridwell and Matt Brooke (formerly of Carissa\u2019s Weird, in which the duo handled every instrument themselves). This time around, though, they\u2019ve divvied up the duties, adding in Creighton Barrett, Rob Hampton and Joe Arnone to widen their Shins\/My Morning Jacket\/Neil Young sound. <\/p>\n
Everything All The Time <\/i>takes its time to build, each track relying on lush textures and atmosphere as it unfolds; the best of this has to be \u201cThe Funeral,\u201d where the Horses hit their stride. A line like \u201cAt every occasion, I\u2019m ready for a funeral\u201d seems cheesily emo out of context, but backed by ringing guitars and with a soaring, belted-out chorus, the song is anything but, and ends up being the most memorable moment of the album.<\/p>\n
Band of Horses\u2019 strength lies in their ability to never stick in one place; though the album\u2019s tone is thoroughly wistful, there\u2019re also songs like the cheerful, jangly \u201cWeed Party\u201d and catchy \u201cWicked Gil\u201d with its driving rhythm and reverb-soaked vocals to assure that the album doesn\u2019t stay downbeat for too long. <\/p>\n
And while they can do wonders with a banjo (which isn\u2019t something I find myself saying often, but go with me on this one), like on the stark, stoic \u201cMonsters,\u201d the album\u2019s real beauty lies in the final track, \u201cSt Augustine.\u201d Relying on acoustic guitars and gentle harmonies, it\u2019s the ideal capper to the album\u2019s melancholy but somehow hopeful tone. <\/p>\n
Everything All The Time <\/i>may take a few listens to get into, but it\u2019s worth every sweeping, plaintive, promising moment. Band Of Horses are definitely a band to watch, and for an impulse purchase, this album was one of the rare ones that turned out to be worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":28449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7790],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-39900","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-band-of-horses","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39900"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}