Horse Lords

idk probably? certainly one of the only US rock bands i have had much interest in this decade

i gotta listen a bit more to these guys, something isn't quite clicking with me. but i trust you guys.

― tylerw, Friday, April 29, 2016 3:41 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha, this is still kinda how i feel.

who are even still the other bands

I really like them, especially live. Got to see a double bill of Horse Lords and Mdou Moctar and I must say that was a helluva show.

i like their double drummer setup and rhythmic complexity
and this sounds dismissive but i don't mean it that way at all since i am uneducated formally -- they seem very well educated in playing music. when i saw them a while ago, someone remarked that they sounded like they had "gone to school" and that was my exact impression upon seeing them the first time too. no one gets to play drums that precisely and also learn the circular breathing technique for the saxophone just sitting in their basement alone.

https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/on-first-solo-outing-saxophonist-andrew-bernstein-breaks-music-down-to-the-fundamentals/

xp so jealous

ll otm, they def have "chops"

Oh yeah they are working with tools and ideas, not "jamming" or rocking out. I think your enjoyment of them probably depends on how wired you are for the set of tools, which I am particularly wired for!

This is not to suggest that they do not rock

seems like they have chosen to express more complicated musical ideas in the idiom of "rock music" because that means more people have the opportunity to understand it/enjoy it bc they are familiar with the sonic vocabulary (tools) of rock music. it could open people's ears and minds to hearing more non-rock music. that's nice.

gotta say though -- seeing them perform >>> listening to their recordings
for me
i like to see + hear what they are doing. i've seen them...3x? i think?

Oh yeah, live is best! Really cool to see the two drummers in action, as well as the other stuff going on of course. Seems that that first statement is right on too based on something or other I have read. Always interested in people using common frameworks (i.e. "rock band") to sneak other things in. Fun way to work.

I dunno I mean I haven't seen them live but I just love all the Mixtapes, and those are definitely not something built for a live translation - I think they excel in both arenas (live & studio)

btw Mixtape IV totally rules if y'all have not heard it yet

must be a mother to remember how to play all their tunes

they don't play them exactly the same every time, they discussed that in some interview. and having a weirdly tuned just intonation guitar probably doesn't hurt

yeah, i would expect as much—but still

saw them live, it was excellent

showed them to a friend via bandcamp

said friend is a drummer nerd who studied percussion in ghana and plays in an almost-famous neo-afrobeat outfit.

he listened to them for like two months straight, exclusively.

i am not “educated”

they are not a rock band to me but i love them

https://horselords.bandcamp.com/album/the-common-task

yesssssss

HELL YES!

just preordered the everloving shit outta this

excellent excellent news

they're one of the many reasons I'm stoked for Long Play in NYC

The promo was in my inbox this afternoon. It’s good.

Hope I get to see them live again soon. It has been too long.

!!

BAGPIPES

seriously! still wrapping my head around this, feels like part of their continuum from the start and very cohesive but also some startlingly cool additions

deep horse lords

i had high expectations but my initial listen makes me think they've been surpassed

can't wait to get home and crank this at high volume!

this is great, of course

it's another one of these bands (like with Ahleuchatistas' Arrebato album) where I realise I don't really have an aversion to math rock when it's done like this.

i mean this is just wonderful, ecstatic energy and creativity. i love it

the last ~5 minutes of the closing track definitely has quotations of previous material. kind of a good trick for them to do

Saw them live a few years ago at a sit down venue and they had the bagpipes. I think they suggested to close your eyes (? memory’s shaky here, but people had eyes closed) and the bagpipe guy played while walked around the room. Some cool psych phasing going on.

Was supposed to see them tonight in bk but we're living in a nightmare so going to buy the vinyl/merch instead. Fucking awesome band and amazing album.

they made awesome shirts for the new record but they’re completely sold out on bandcamp :/

They already are on pressing #2 of the record I believe, they would re-up the shirts I imagine too if they sold out that fast. Especially as they aren't even getting to tour it for a while.

this is exactly the record I was hoping it'd be. definitely going to be cranking this a ton over the next few weeks of quarantine

same

also, horse lords twitter confirms new round of shirts on the way

Cool, figured. Hope you get one.

Listening to this for the first time right now and fuck am I grinning at how fucking great this is. This is what I need right now. This, and wine.

Oh yeah, so good.

WOW, this is fantastic stuff.

listening to this on weed in the dark last night was wild. It's like a science fiction movie

Our long out of print 2014 NNA Tapes LP Hidden Cities has been repressed! Available on Bandcamp starting tonight at midnight.

yo good looking out, just ordered it!

same!

original post otm

still can't get over the most recent one.

"integral accident" feels very "einstein on the beach" at times.

the mazey design thing on the album cover is a buncha Hs & Ls, right? Ls in the corner and Hs on the sides? right? this is a thought I had while staring at the album cover and pondering the design choice and listening to this. it's very good. "born under punches" works well on a playlist immediately after "fanfare for effective freedom" just fyi

https://i.imgur.com/NPZSk7Z.jpg