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2006, Sub Pop
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.
Customer Reviews




wojteka great one. one of the best of 2006 so far.




Michael BrittenEverything All The Time marks the promising and solid debut by a band with roots extending long and far into the scene. Ranging with tenacity from whisper-wind simple to sonically dense, Everything's ten tracks showcase an ability to change while remaining consistently attuned. At times the material may come off as recognizably similar to songs you've already heard, but the majesty of Band of Horses has little to do with blazing new audio trails. Rather, the masterful reigning-in of influences allow Band to create an entity all their own. Maybe it's the spirit of the Midwest. Maybe it's a proper sounding balance of folk, rock, and dream pop. Regardless, if you're placing bets on these Horses, let it ride.




Chuck VanderbiltWith Everything All the Time, Band of Horses offers up a simple pop-rock record. There are no tricks (unless you consider reverb a trick) or shortcuts on the record. Speaking of the reverb laden vocals, my wife constantly gets them mixed up with My Morning Jacket's most recent record. The fact of the matter is this, Everything All the Time is a catchy record with to the point songwriting.



