Horse Lords

Good morning. We’re off next week.

Today we’re listening to Horse Lords, an American experimental rock band from Baltimore. Thanks to Ben for the recommendation. The four-piece group – drums, guitar, bass, saxophone – is structurally a rock band, but their interests are scattered across music.

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Three of the four members are credited with “electronics.” Critics have traced influences to “krautrock, post-punk, Appalachian and African musical traditions”

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and “Mauritanian guitar music, free jazz, [and] classical minimalism.”

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Horse Lords’ new album Comradely Objects came out in November, and it shows the next-level eclecticism of their music. We’re also playing their 2016 record, Interventions, as well as the mathy, jubilant Common Task from 2020.

Comradely Objects - Horse Lords (40m, no vocals)
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Interventions - Horse Lords (40m, no vocals)
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The Common Task - Horse Lords (40m, no vocals)
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Have a great Thursday.

1. via The Quietus

2. via Discogs

3. via New York Times