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Artist | Band Of Horses
Title | Why Are You OK
Genre | Indie Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 49:26
Label | Caroline International Store | 2016
Catalog | 478516-1 Rip | 2016
Bitrate | 241 kbps Size | 90.40 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Dull Times / The Moon 6:59
02. Solemn Oath 4:00
03. Hag 4:32
04. Casual Party 3:53
05. In A Drawer 3:58
06. Hold On Gimme A Sec 1:11
07. Lying Under Oak 3:57
08. Throw My Mess 3:13
09. Whatever, Wherever 4:13
10. Country Teen 3:21
11. Barrel House 4:48
12. Even Still 5:21
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Emerging in 2004 with a blend of woodsy midtempo rock and reverb-laden
vocals, Band Of Horses gained an audience in their native Northwest before
"Everything All The Time" made them indie rock darlings.
Multi-instrumentalists Ben Bridwell and Mat Brooke founded the group after
an eight-year run with Carissa's Wierd, and an early concert alongside
future labelmates Iron & Wine caught the attention of Sub Pop Records. Sub
Pop signed Band Of Horses in 2005 and reissued their self-released EP later
that year, while the band retreated to the studio to record its full-length
debut. "Everything All The Time" appeared in March 2006 and was warmly
received; however, Brooke did not tour in support of the album and had
officially left the group by July, choosing instead to devote his time to
another Sub Pop act, Grand Archives. Bridwell soldiered on with
now-permanent bandmates Rob Hampton (bass) and Creighton Barrett (drums),
playing stateside shows and touring Europe in support of the band's debut.
When they pegged studio legend Glyn Johns to helm 2012's "Mirage Rock",
Band Of Horses underwent a bit of retooling to ignite some latent rock
spark, while still offering enough mainstream appeal to sustain them at
Columbia Records. While not an overwhelming critical success, the album's
easy-riding country-rock vibes were enough to vault it into a significant
Top 20 placing on Billboard's pop chart. For their follow-up, 2016's "Why
Are You OK", they hand over the keys to a less-proven and more
experimentally oriented captain in Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle. Along
with this sonic shift comes a new partnership with Interscope and American
Recordings, offering a change of scenery and a bit of gentle guidance from
American honcho - and executive producer - Rick Rubin.
Tonally, "Why Are You OK" is a different animal than its predecessor, often
placing frontman Ben Bridwell's warm exaltations within the
pseudo-synthetic context of droning synth layers and effects-laden
atmospherica. Album opener "Dull Times/The Moon" is a slow-building
seven-minute opus whose dreamy space-crawl eventually gives way to a
typhoon of heavy distorted guitars. Gentle synths and the scuffed sound of
an old drum machine thread throughout the catchy, J Mascis-aided "In a
Drawer", building into swirling layers of harmony and textured guitars.
There's even a spaced-out Lytle-penned instrumental that acts as a sort of
mid-album interlude.
Lyrically, themes of encroaching middle age and the contentment of family
life provide much of the album's emotional arc, and while it would be easy
to accuse Bridwell of descending into the musical comfort zone that often
gets unfairly labeled as 'dad rock', he's writing from an honest place
about the life he's living. Twelve years into their career, Band Of Horses
are a recognizable, well-established touring act whom Bridwell has
shepherded from humble Seattle origins to quite respectable heights. Maybe
they're not a household name, but by most bands' standards, these guys have
made it. While certainly not complacent, they do seem to lack some of the
hunger of their Sub Pop years and the broad scope of their Grammy-nominated
"Infinite Arms" LP. Lytle's riskier production is a nice bonus and there
are some strong standouts like the hooky lead single "Casual Party" and
guitarist Tyler Ramsey's breezy "Country Teen," but as a whole, "Why Are
You OK" isn't quite as memorable a set as they've proven capable of
delivering
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