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Band of Horses from Mt. Pleasant, SC - USA, known early in its life as simply Horses, is an American folk-rock band formed in Seattle by ben bridwell, Mat Brooke, Creighton Barrett and Rob Hampton, who were joined in February 2006 by Joe Arnone. They are currently signed to Sub Pop Records. The band often draws comparisons to the indie rock band My Morning Jacket largely due to the vocal similarities between Bridwell and My Morning Jacket lead singer Jim James. Bridwell’s vocals have also been compared to Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction, early Neil Young, and Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips by All Music Guide.

Band of Horses was formed by Ben Bridwell (guitar, vocals) and Mat Brooke (guitar) in 2004 after the break-up of their previous band, Carissa’s Wierd. Rob and Creighton were formerly of the mathrock band The New Mexicans before joining Band of Horses. The group initially got attention from Sub Pop Records after opening for Iron & Wine in Seattle area shows. In 2005, the band released their debut EP, Band Of Horses Tour EP, which was sold exclusively at shows and on Sub Pop’s website. Their debut full-length, Everything All the Time was recorded in 2005 with producer Phil Ek and released on March 21, 2006 to generally good reviews.

On July 13, 2006, Band of Horses appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman sans Brooke. As of July 25, 2006, Mat Brooke left Band of Horses to focus more on his other band, Grand Archives, who had also signed to Sub Pop.

The band’s second album, Cease to Begin, was released on October 9 2007.

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LittleThoughtz wrote:
8 hours ago

Fully Flared - Guy Mariano.

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marktwist wrote:
yesterday evening

is there a ghost is way better then the funneral....okay...not way better, but damn, all my favorite songs always rank #2 on band pages

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ithinkx wrote:
Wednesday evening

p.s. i wouldn't call them Alt-Country but they definitely have some Alt-Country elements.

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ithinkx wrote:
Wednesday evening

Everything All the Time is really great but i can't get into Cease To Begin - the songwriting just isn't as good.

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acedrums wrote:
Tuesday evening

alt-country is an accurate description for them i think.

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mootles wrote:
Monday afternoon

alt-country? wtf who tags these things?

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yeffman134 wrote:
Monday morning

Modest Mouse recently came out with a new 7 inch entitled "Autumn Beds." You all should go pick it up at your local record store. myspace.com/modestmouse

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dexuz wrote:
Saturday evening

Awesome band, hopefully they will release somewthing new soon.

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romano66 wrote:
last week

ENORMEEEEEEEEEEEEE I got the barn because i like the smell ( titre sublime avec The Funeral) !

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WhoIsThatGuy wrote:
last week

крутые, да

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ilordofwari wrote:
last week

growing on me day by day! probably should be releasing a new album soon! i hope! its been almost 2 years.. time for a new one!

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thisisnotjhall wrote:
last month

Need another album...

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VanaoTX wrote:
last month

cease to begin is an impressive album

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ilordofwari wrote:
last month

nice band!

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ermade wrote:
last month

<3 the great salt lake

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CourtneyS311 wrote:
last month

sweet sweet baby jesus glistening in a manger why did I not listen to this band sooner?

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

good band
MikeHawk117 wrote:
last month

thank you!

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dylan_esque wrote:
last month

amazing ♥♥

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Smilinguido wrote:
last month

Great music! :)

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