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| Pastemagazine |
 While ruminating on his Sub Pop days during a 2008 interview, former label head Bruce Pavitt was asked who his favorite current band on the roster was. “Band of Horses,” was his surprising answer. “Those guys are doing some really amazing things.” Considering Pavitt can now be found hanging with shamans in the jungles of South America, it was hard to tell if he was being completely serious. But let’s just say that the man credited with discovering Nirvana was, intentionally or not, on to something.More muscular than The Avett Brothers or Iron & Wine, less concerned with experimentation than Wilco, and free of the folk prison occupied by Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses—now recording, indirectly, for Columbia through their own Brown Records—might be the best traditional rock band in America not named My Morning Jacket. This is, to put it mildly, is shocking. On Infinite Arms, Frontman Ben Bridwell leads the Horses a little further out of Neil Young’s backyard. After lead track “Factory” enters the world amid a fanfare of faux strings, “Compliments” harkens back to the band’s wheelhouse with Bridwell shaking his tattooed forearms at the sky, questioning the existence of God in the air, righteous power chords at his side....full text |
| Hearya |
| I really struggled with Band Of Horses upcoming release, Infinite Arms. After my first few listens, I knew that it was not as good as Everything All The Time or Cease To Begin, but I was trying to make one critical decision: If I were Joe Consumer, would I buy this album? Instead of jumping to conclusions, I decided to ask our followers on Twitter. While I was floundering with my feelings of indifference, I was shocked at how polarizing this new album appears to be for other Band of Horses fans: It’s awesome. Their best effort to date! Dynamic, gorgeous, catchy. The band just gets better and better as they move ahead. Uneventful. there is no ‘killer song’ that makes you want this album. mediocrity? love the vibes from it – can’t help but smile when listening. going to be a great spring/summer album. I don’t mind it, I expected a bit more but still good. It’s almost like this one should be the old album and “Cease” be the new 1 Was a bit disappointed by the first single, but haven’t heard the whole album yet Piece of Shit I fell near the opinion of #4, initially feeling like this should have been the debut album, followed by Everything All The Time and Cease To Begin. The album starts off with three of its strongest tracks, a dreamy ballad called “Factory,” a more upbeat pop song called “Compliments,” and another pop-rocker called “Laredo” that features Ben Bridwell’s soft falsetto over searing guitars. In fact, Ben’s vocals haven’t been as polished in this production process, and it’s endearing. He sounds more human. The two songs that followed, however, lost me. “Blue Beard” is a slow song that moves along nicely until the 2: 40 mark when I began to hear shades of a tune from the past. As I tried to remember what song was popping into my mind, I started singing the lyrics, “someday somebody’s gonna turn around and nun nuh nuh say goodbye!” That was when my wife overheard me and said “Wilson Phillips!” Yes. Indeed. “Hold On” was the song. And while Bridwell’s falsetto is the signature sound of the band, it doesn’t resonate on “Way Back Home,” which comes off sounding like a Peter Cetera song. I’m a big Band of Horses fan, so I really hate to say that, but it was my first reaction and I still can’t help but picture Peter’s perfectly manicured blond mane of hair when that track begins....full text |
| Onethirtybpm |
| I think perhaps the first thing I should say is that Infinite Arms doesn’t quite sound like a Band of Horses album. At least not entirely like the band I became accustomed to with Everything all the Time. True, they began to smooth out their “indie rock band” factors a bit with Everything all the Time, but this is a greater step in that direction. Luckily, it turns out that’s not necessarily such a bad thing. How things have changed is evident on the album opener “Factory”, with what boils down to an essentially beautiful melody. Band of Horses have always made what amounts to – yes, for lack of a better word – pretty music. Yet there’s none of the desperation or urgency that was present in “The First Song.” This doesn’t really turn out to be a problem. Bridwell has arguably advanced as a vocalist: his words fit into the slow glide of the song with a sharp pop sensibility. Towards the end of the track he offers what may be a mission statement for the record: “But looking back now I think it’s finally time for me to laugh about it, and get my things together and find something to say.” With this record, he certainly has. There’s not really much of the feel from their first record remaining, none of the aggressiveness once present in tracks like “The Funeral”, and so on. The tracks tend to remain comfortably at a slow to mid pace....full text |
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