When Band of Horses surfaced in 2006 with the cathartic Everything All the Time, the band's rugged take on rock & roll drew quick parallels to My Morning Jacket and early Neil Young. That's mighty nice company for a young band, but co-founder Mat Brooke nevertheless left the lineup that same summer, choosing to blaze his own trail with Grand Archives instead. Ben Bridwell, Brooke's musical cohort for nearly a decade, was left in control of Horses -- a daunting position for the former Carissa's Weird bassist, but one that ultimately resulted in a sophisticated, mature, and altogether superior follow-up. Cease to Begin is the responsible adult to Time's reckless teenager, with Bridwell pitting his high, clear tenor against backdrops of swirling indie rock and campfire singalongs. While tracks like "Weed Party" showed the band having harmless (albeit vaguely adolescent) fun on their debut, the good times on Cease to Begin are more grown-up: a lo-fi, foot-stomping pop ditty ("The General Specific"), a brief interlude of instrumental watercolors ("Lamb on the Lam [In the City]"), a foray into twangy country ("Marry Song"). Those looking for more anthemic rock will gravitate toward kickoff track "Is There a Ghost," where the guitars are loud and Bridwell's vocals are candy-coated in thick reverb, but Cease to Begin shines it brightest under the twilight glow of "Detlef Schrempf." Historically, Schrempf was a German-born NBA basketball player with killer three-point accuracy -- and while that's certainly an odd choice for a song title, it's easy to forget as drums beat an appealingly lazy rhythm beneath Bridwell's falsetto. Who knows whether he's singing to a hometown, a loved one, or his favorite member of the Seattle SuperSonics? It's still a thrilling listen, and the subtle humor hints that Band of Horses isn't growing up too quickly.
they pretty much had us at michael cera, but the soundtrack doesn't look too shabby either, with band of horses, bishop allen, devendra and modest mouse, among others. official website here, more about the book on which the movie's based here.band of horses - no one's gonna love youmodest mouse - missed the boatbishop allen - like castanetsdevendra banhart - be kind~~
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*EDIT* Got the video back up. Hopefully it'll not be taken down by the voodootube again.Getting my life in order. I almost wrote "odder" which is actually what it feels like right now.But, I had to come back because I saw this video:I love the album, "Cease To Begin". It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, like one of those beards those mofos are sporting.And like fake bottlesmashing, too....
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..Ten? Who says ten? Here's my Top Eleven of 2007...In alphabetical order... Let's start it off with......BAND OF HORSES - Cease to BeginAnother band gives birth to great second album... No sophmore slump anywhere in sight... ...and how can you not like a band that has a song called "Detlef Schrempf" The emergence of Band of Horses makes the loss of Grandaddy a bit easier to take... .... Here's...
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Really cool website by Miranda July for her book, No one belongs here more than you(http://noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com) Some of you may know her from the Movie, You & Me and Everyone We Know. After tour her site, feel like wanna listen this song:
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Short, sweet, and catchy as heck - just the way I like 'em. And I really love the driving, anthemic feeling to the second half of the song.Can't wait to hear this whole CD, because their first album was easily one of my favorite CDs of 2006.
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It happened again. I was right in the middle of something and a song came on that stopped me in my tracks. When this happens, there is only one outlet..MOG it and feel instantly better.This new Band Of Horses record is having a hard time making its way OUT of my cd player in the car. I find it a great ying to the horrendous yang of socal traffic.Love this song especially...
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There's a lot of stupid footage out there, these might be real......or not, you decide!
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..Ten? Who says ten? Here's my Top Eleven of 2007...In alphabetical order... Let's start it off with......BAND OF HORSES - Cease to BeginAnother band gives birth to great second album... No sophmore slump anywhere in sight... ...and how can you not like a band that has a song called "Detlef Schrempf" The emergence of Band of Horses makes the loss of Grandaddy a bit easier to take... .... Here's...
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Getting a lot of air play in the UK at the moment. (Takes 59 seconds to get going....)
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Some days I honestly can't believe I get paid to do my job. The last few days have seen me hanging out on a barge on the Willamette, sunny weather flirting with eighty degree temperatures. It's like living an Otis Redding song without the crushing existentialism. I come home with a tan and just enough dirt ground into my plams to give my life meaning, ease into my Samsonite metal folding cha...
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Indie rock darlings Band Of Horses will release the follow-up to 2006's Everything All The Time. The new album, titled Cease To Begin will be release on October 9th on SubPop records.Cease To Begin was recorded in both Asheville, North Carolina and Seattle, Washington with producer Phil Ek (The Shins). frontman Ben Bridwell describes the new album as a "southeast" records. "While it's not the f...
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I've been listening to the new BOH record all morning...really, really liking it.It picks up right where 'Everything All The Time' left off...more stark, brooding pop songs with lyrics about love and loss.Here is my favorite track so far...
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Back in March, I had the chance to attend a concert at my favorite local music venue, The Showroom, for a regional musician named Tyler Ramsey, who hails from Asheville, NC, which is about an hour away from where I currently reside. I posted about Tyler here in June, but learned recently that he is now touring in support of and as part of the lineup of the South Carolina-based indie rock group,...
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After several listens, I've changed my mind. I'm *really* liking the new Band Of Horses single "Is There A Ghost" off of the forthcoming album _Cease To Begin_. It took me a couple of days to warm up, I guess. http://mog.com/JeffHot/blog_post/108001http://mog.com/tigerquoll/blog_post/111302Since _Everything All The Time_ was one of my favorite albums of 2006, and probably of the last 5 years, ...
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'Is There A Ghost' sounds like BOH picks up where Everything All The Time left off. The new album is called Cease To Begin
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I am feeling sappy and sentimental, and as such I am reading and writing. I will spare you the details of both and instead offer a song that is kind of sappy, if you are in a sappy mood when you listen to it... It has been on repeat here since the debate ended. I keep sucking down vodka drinks, but they are no cure for sentimentality.There is a relationship here that is not entirely tangenti...
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Word. Scrobbles are cool. Here are the top 20 or so Scrobbles for me for the past twelve months. Year end theme today. Yep, I'm blazing new trails here on the Mog with my content today. Play Counts in ()1. Tool- Disposition (64)2. Feist- The Water (58)3. Band of Horses- Detlef Schrempf (54)4. Band of Horses- Part One (49)5. My Morning Jacket- Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt 1 (47)6. Feist-...
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*EDIT* Got the video back up. Hopefully it'll not be taken down by the voodootube again.Getting my life in order. I almost wrote "odder" which is actually what it feels like right now.But, I had to come back because I saw this video:I love the album, "Cease To Begin". It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, like one of those beards those mofos are sporting.And like fake bottlesmashing, too....
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they pretty much had us at michael cera, but the soundtrack doesn't look too shabby either, with band of horses, bishop allen, devendra and modest mouse, among others. official website here, more about the book on which the movie's based here.band of horses - no one's gonna love youmodest mouse - missed the boatbishop allen - like castanetsdevendra banhart - be kind~~
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Really cool website by Miranda July for her book, No one belongs here more than you(http://noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com) Some of you may know her from the Movie, You & Me and Everyone We Know. After tour her site, feel like wanna listen this song:
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| 1 Is There a Ghost |
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| 2 Ode to LRC |
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| 3 No One's Gonna Love You |
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| 4 Detlef Schrempf |
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| 5 The General Specific |
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| 6 Lamb on the Lam (In the City) |
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| 7 Islands on the Coast |
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| 8 Marry Song |
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| 9 Cigarettes, Wedding Bands |
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| 10 Window Blues |
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