{"id":116,"date":"2006-07-03T14:13:38","date_gmt":"2006-07-03T19:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/music\/2006\/07\/03\/band-of-horses\/"},"modified":"2007-11-13T15:52:06","modified_gmt":"2007-11-13T20:52:06","slug":"band-of-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/music\/2006\/07\/03\/band-of-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"~Band of Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Band_of_Horses_cover.jpg\" width=\"339\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Band of Horses-CD cover\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Band_of_Horses___2_DOG.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"172\" alt=\"Band of Horses # 2- DOG\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Band_of_Horses___3.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"398\" alt=\"Band of Horses # 3\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BENJAMIN BRIDWELL  (above left, both photos) and  MAT BROOKE  (right) of Band of Horses.<br \/>\n(Photos: Robin Laamanen &#8211; courtesy Sub Pop Records)  <\/p>\n<p>The debut CD of Band of Horse, <em>EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME<\/em>,<br \/>\non first listen was so musically seductive and &#8220;sweet&#8221;, that I was suspicious as to its<br \/>\nsubstance.  After several spins, that concern disappeared in the face of the dark gravity<br \/>\nof the lyrics.  <\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Bridwell and Mat Brooke, the core of this lyric and guitar rich band, have crafted<br \/>\na CD filled with little, intimate, haunting pop-folk jewels, alongside big soaring epic guitar ballads.  <\/p>\n<p>The breadth and depth of the guitars owe a debt to that west coast guitar-god,<br \/>\nDoug Martsch aka BUILT TO SPILL, while the underlying, driving beat and tempo<br \/>\n(on the  fast songs) remind me in a funny way of the early RAMONES.<\/p>\n<p>All 10 songs are great and are placed in an order on the CD that is seamless.<br \/>\nThe more  elaborate songs: &#8220;The Funeral&#8221;, &#8220;The Great Salt Lake&#8221;, and &#8220;Monsters&#8221;<br \/>\nare good examples of the powerful  beauty contained in this CD.<br \/>\nPlay all the way through, and loud for best results.<\/p>\n<p>Band of Horses, <em>EVERYTHING ALL THE  TIME<\/em>, Sub Pop Records, 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BENJAMIN BRIDWELL (above left, both photos) and MAT BROOKE (right) of Band of Horses. (Photos: Robin Laamanen &#8211; courtesy Sub Pop Records) The debut CD of Band of Horse, EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME, on first listen was so musically seductive and &#8220;sweet&#8221;, that I was suspicious as to its substance. After several spins, that concern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}