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Band of Horses — Our Swords
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wrangler
(swamps of jersey)
Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 05:54
 
yeehaw!  the wife and i just saw band of horses in manhattan last week.  they played two full shows, an acoustic show at 7pm and a two hour electric show at 10pm.  over the course of the night they played every song they'd ever recorded - 4 albums' worth.  fantastic night.  ben & company really put on a great live show.  love me some b.o.h.  !!  {#Cowboy} 

mcYammer
(Beervana)
Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 08:18
 
 kcar wrote:
I really liked that AB song when it came out. Last time I checked, you couldn't get it on iTunes. Do the songs really sound the same? I once saw AB perform arouned '83 while visiting my girlfriend at Carnegie-Mellon (great school in a really great city). His drummer, if I remember rightly, was Elvis Presley's drummer at one point. The guy had an adoring throng surrounding him at an intermission as he told stories about The King. Adrian was a bit more reclusive, but he was great on stage. Everyone went nuts when he performed "Big Electric Cat."
 
Let's hear it for some Belew on RP. (Yes yes I know how to upload songs- just want to plug the old raconteur.) His most recent tour is solid rock with the bro-sis combo rhythm section. Tony and Pat aren't bad, either


coloradojohn
(Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe)
Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 18:27
 
This was the song, heard right here on RP, that got me turned onto and tuned into these guys.  The lyrics are clipped and cryptic, but far from insipid, they are actually poignant and insightful.  I believe they refer to a classic seemingly inescapable angst-filled environment (teenage rebellion, rock and roll band lifestyle, jilted lover; could be any/ many of these) and a corresponding inability to rise above the dishonor and disgrace that is fully expected of them and, not merely co-incidentally, fulfilled.  Just like Factory from their newer release, the singer does a very good job of self-deprecation with wit and wordplay that invites, in me, far more sympathy than pity. A bit like reading dark and disturbingly realistic Russian literature ... I love it!

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 22:13
 
Certainly a 7 for me now!  Earlier it was a 6.  sorry

ziakut
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 12:28
 
Nice tune...dumb band name.

rumblekg
Posted: Jul 19, 2010 - 13:18
 
"Out on the wall sounds of banging is constant coming from your head
And desperate the calls came and ringing from those wanna wring your neck
Wring your neck"

any ideas what this is all about?

sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 18:40
 
 Sloggydog wrote:
So this is what the word banal was invented for.
 
Brilliant!{#Notworthy}

zair99
(In Cognito)
Posted: May 06, 2010 - 02:31
 
Ooh, I like this better than most Band of Horses.  Made me stop and listen.  8!

Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 12:27
 
resounding meh {#Neutral}

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Oct 29, 2009 - 02:23
 
So this is what the word banal was invented for.

lmic
(Narrow Minded Couch Potato)
Posted: Jul 21, 2009 - 10:51
 
 vandal wrote:
With all due respect, Fleet Foxes sound like Band of Horses - this album proceeds FF by 2 years. . .
I think this echo-chamber sound is becoming a genre in its own right.


jjbix
(san diego)
Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 15:31
 
and hear them again and again and agian , , , , ,  they're not that good. . .

zipper
Posted: Jun 03, 2009 - 17:08
 
I really like these guys. They've been on my radar for at least a couple of years - good to hear them here.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 06:37
 
Very nice! {#Music}

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Dec 27, 2008 - 17:32
 
 almafi wrote:
I thought it was the Shins at first too.  I'd add Fleet Foxes.  My Flaming Fox Shin Jacket?
 
With all due respect, Fleet Foxes sound like Band of Horses - this album proceeds FF by 2 years. . .


almafi
Posted: Nov 15, 2008 - 07:54
 
I thought it was the Shins at first too.  I'd add Fleet Foxes.  My Flaming Fox Shin Jacket?

Alexandra
(The Gem City, Ohio)
Posted: Aug 23, 2008 - 12:58
 
A good friend just introduced me to this band this month...and I'm so glad! I just uploaded a really sweet ballad "No One's Gonna Love You Like I Do" and I hope it makes it to the playlist!

Pharlap
(Bahama, NC)
Posted: Aug 07, 2008 - 12:34
 
 copymonkey wrote:
the vocal echo is why it sounds like My Morning Jacket and the Shins. The similarities really end there, though. This album is really good. The newer one is great!

 

Liked the first one a lot. If this one is better, it'll have to go on the purchse list.

copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool)
Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 11:04
 
the vocal echo is why it sounds like My Morning Jacket and the Shins. The similarities really end there, though. This album is really good. The newer one is great!
kristina_louise
(the SLC)
Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 11:02
 
great album
islander
(Seattle)
Posted: Jun 05, 2008 - 10:20
 
FlatCat wrote:
Adrian Belew:

Oh daddy, when you gonna have that fat cadillac like you always said?
Oh daddy, when you gonna put on some stretch pants, yeah?

Same rhythm. Same tune. Hmm...


good catch, still a good tune (both of them).
lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Apr 19, 2008 - 06:43
 
Roverfish wrote:

My Flaming Morning Shins.

thanks for that one Roverfish - first good chuckle of the day!
Krispian
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 12:49
 
Not bad...

wrangler
(cliffside park, nj)
Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 13:47
 
best album of 06. still in heavy rotation at the wrangler household
wferrier
(Johnson City, New York; Home of the Factory)
Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 12:10
 
These horses are pretty good. . .
kcar
Posted: Mar 08, 2008 - 00:36
 
FlatCat wrote:
Adrian Belew:

Oh daddy, when you gonna have that fat cadillac like you always said?
Oh daddy, when you gonna put on some stretch pants, yeah?

Same rhythm. Same tune. Hmm...


I really liked that AB song when it came out. Last time I checked, you couldn't get it on iTunes. Do the songs really sound the same?

I once saw AB perform arouned '83 while visiting my girlfriend at Carnegie-Mellon (great school in a really great city). His drummer, if I remember rightly, was Elvis Presley's drummer at one point. The guy had an adoring throng surrounding him at an intermission as he told stories about The King. Adrian was a bit more reclusive, but he was great on stage. Everyone went nuts when he performed "Big Electric Cat."
Jimi_the_Saint
(The Dark and Bloody Ground of Kentucky)
Posted: Feb 05, 2008 - 14:42
 
I enjoy this song. I just got the album, and it's pretty good throughout.
vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Feb 05, 2008 - 14:29
 
FlatCat wrote:
Adrian Belew:

Oh daddy, when you gonna have that fat cadillac like you always said?
Oh daddy, when you gonna put on some stretch pants, yeah?

Same rhythm. Same tune. Hmm...


deconstructionist

FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Dec 15, 2007 - 09:45
 
Adrian Belew:

Oh daddy, when you gonna have that fat cadillac like you always said?
Oh daddy, when you gonna put on some stretch pants, yeah?

Same rhythm. Same tune. Hmm...
Krow_Pie
(Venice, California)
Posted: Nov 29, 2007 - 17:04
 
songbirdfemme wrote:


SNAP!

yeah, those kids should stop being influenced by great albums and just reference everything they write from the sounds in their immediate environment, such as the faucet dripping. things like that.

songbirdfemme
(syracuse ny)
Posted: Oct 29, 2007 - 06:52
 
thewiseking wrote:
ok, i get it.
some kids were listening to pet sounds and echo and the bunnymen and then cut an album


yeah, those kids should stop being influenced by great albums and just reference everything they write from the sounds in their immediate environment, such as the faucet dripping. things like that.
pannaramma
(not from around here)
Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 10:49
 
Roverfish wrote:

I'm with rah, but throw in Flaming Lips. My Flaming Morning Shins.






My Flaming Shin Jacket
Roverfish
(Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!)
Posted: Sep 01, 2007 - 12:15
 
rah wrote:
it's like the shins married to my morning jacket.

I'm with rah, but throw in Flaming Lips. My Flaming Morning Shins.

That doesn't detract from the value of the tune...it's quite good.
GChevy410
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Jun 14, 2007 - 16:26
 
So I used to wake up to this song on my alarm clock... you would think I now would hate it, but on the contrary I freaking love this song. Side note, for the Capital Hill Block Party last year I actually got my parents to come up from Texas and check it out...needless to say they enjoyed everything, particularly the people watching.
ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jun 14, 2007 - 16:26
 
Fun with reverb!
sunnysoul03
(Huntington Beach, CA)
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:06
 
Love the bass in this song
ScottFromWyoming
(Powell, Wyo.)
Posted: Apr 28, 2007 - 18:16
 
yomamma wrote:
The Shins? Hardly. This band is completely great in their own way. Check 'em out live if you ever have the chance. Best live rock vocals I've heard in a long time. The album is solid through and through. My top pick of the year. Word has it they are already set to call it quits and move home closer to family. Bummer for us.


striking pretty close to home when people post to say, "this sounds NOTHING like...whoever."

Yeah, I hear some shinnyness. So what? It's not an insult.
rah
Posted: Apr 23, 2007 - 16:55
 
it's like the shins married to my morning jacket.
coloradojohn
(Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe)
Posted: Mar 23, 2007 - 07:20
 
Man I think this really is some wild, wild stuff. Tasty, tasty candidate for further investigation...
lild
(Leucadia, CA)
Posted: Mar 07, 2007 - 15:51
 
Interesting that Bill chose to play the Shins right after this one...
I like both groups - a little similar, but different.
freeone1
(few want to be here...)
Posted: Mar 04, 2007 - 12:17
 
yomamma wrote:
The Shins? Hardly. This band is completely great in their own way. Check 'em out live if you ever have the chance. Best live rock vocals I've heard in a long time. The album is solid through and through. My top pick of the year. Word has it they are already set to call it quits and move home closer to family. Bummer for us.


Well three months later and i'm on schedule to see them live this coming weekend; guess they haven't given up just yet...
meloman
(Warsaw, Poland)
Posted: Jan 11, 2007 - 03:44
 
Greenman wrote:
A little more practice and he could be a Shins cover group.

Gosh, just what the world needs.
yomamma
(The Emerald City)
Posted: Dec 27, 2006 - 14:51
 
The Shins? Hardly. This band is completely great in their own way. Check 'em out live if you ever have the chance. Best live rock vocals I've heard in a long time. The album is solid through and through. My top pick of the year. Word has it they are already set to call it quits and move home closer to family. Bummer for us.
Johnny_Wave
(California, baby)
Posted: Dec 18, 2006 - 23:32
 
Never heard of this band, album, or song, but I'm digging it in a big way. Thanks as usual RP
hunthunthunt
(London)
Posted: Dec 14, 2006 - 03:56
 
This is a GREAT album, am not usually down with MOR rock but this is an exception. Highlight tracks include St Augustine, Our Swords and Great Salt Lake. Quality music.
rosedraws
(never close enough)
Posted: Dec 04, 2006 - 09:39
 
Hmmm, caught my ear right away... I like it so far....
Greenman
(East of Albany, NY, west of the moon)
Posted: Nov 28, 2006 - 11:39
 
A little more practice and he could be a Shins cover group.
thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Nov 28, 2006 - 11:37
 
ok, i get it.
some kids were listening to pet sounds and echo and the bunnymen and then cut an album
FallOutOfWindow
(Deep Connecticut)
Posted: Nov 28, 2006 - 11:37
 
Whoa.