I've been listening to their album, Everything All The Time, alot recently and have thoroughly enjoyed it (well, some parts more than others).

Opinions?

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4/20/2006 1:31:46 AM

[Edited on April 20, 2006 at 1:33 AM. Reason : more rock less talk]

4/20/2006 1:32:23 AM

haven't heard them, but this is different

4/20/2006 1:32:54 AM

I only clicked on this thread because I was hoping it was about horse the band.

4/20/2006 1:32:54 AM

me too

4/20/2006 1:33:24 AM

i listened to it once through and it didn't catch my ear all too much.

4/20/2006 1:34:37 AM

i picked up the album a few weeks ago. its nothing special.

4/20/2006 1:37:39 AM

They're all right.

Stupid amount of hype, though. Bands are getting called "the new Arcade Fire" left and right all the goddamn time. It's like every dust jacket that says the book's a modern-day Catcher in the Rye.

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4/20/2006 1:37:40 AM

exactly, WAY too much hype

4/20/2006 1:39:26 AM

nothing groundbreaking of course

but a couple songs really caught my ear at first, and I came to enjoy most of the rest a little later

haven't heard the hype though

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4/20/2006 1:41:37 AM

I love the addition of "(well, some parts more than others)" to save face.

4/20/2006 1:41:47 AM

to save face?

not really...i enjoy most of the songs, and some not so much

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4/20/2006 1:44:24 AM

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"me too"

how can you say you clicked on this link hoping it was about Horse the band, when you made this thread and it isn't about Horse the band?


BTW Horse the band rocks

4/20/2006 2:10:59 AM

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"I only clicked on this thread because I was hoping it was about horse the band."

4/20/2006 3:20:39 AM

eww the new arcade fire

arcade fire is so 2004

4/20/2006 10:16:11 AM

i got this album expecting to be WOWed but heavily disappointed. The only connection with Arcade Fire was there best song being titled "The Funeral."

if you want an awesome hyped band for now go with Birdmonster or ¡Forward, Russia! (uploading.com/?get=2Z15FVV6)

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4/20/2006 10:27:41 AM

i never heard them compared to arcade fire

i read a cross between the shins and my morning jacket, 2 bands i dont really care about, and that seemed a pretty decent comparison

they sound nothing like the arcade fire, and they clearly arent trying to

4/20/2006 10:30:14 AM

i guess they just being compared to the hype of arcade fire. the blogs were going crazy over them a few months ago.

4/20/2006 10:33:29 AM

ahh i see

yeah, well they arent gonna be like that, which probably isnt a terrible thing

4/20/2006 10:34:19 AM

Yeah, it's not that they're like the arcade fire.

It's that every douche with a music blog is calling them that.

4/20/2006 11:12:35 AM

yeah the first thing that came to mind when i heard the album was "man this sounds a whole lot like my morning jacket"

4/20/2006 12:09:57 PM

I saw them open for Iron and Wine last summer at the Cradle. They put on a pretty good show, and Everything All the Time is a decent album--but it's definitely not anything revolutionary.

4/21/2006 1:36:23 AM

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"BTW Horse the band rocks"

agreed.

4/21/2006 12:28:09 PM

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"i read a cross between the shins and my morning jacket"

yeah, they remind me a lot of mmj, too. maybe it's all the reverb on the vocals... something about them reminds me of modest mouse, as well. i really like the album, but then, i didn't have any expectations when i popped it in.

i guess i saw them when they opened for iron + wine, but they must not have made an impression...

5/24/2006 6:15:48 PM

after listening to this album for almost 2 months now, all i can still say is 'meh'

5/24/2006 6:28:13 PM

they're moving to charleston after the next tour.

5/24/2006 10:55:54 PM

Band of Brothers + HORSE the Band = Band of Horses?

5/25/2006 12:23:34 AM

^ Yeah I immediately thought it was some kind of parody of Band of Brothers.

5/25/2006 9:24:07 AM

BTTT for an appearance on Letterman right now

7/14/2006 12:26:37 AM

Thoroughly unimpressive.

7/14/2006 12:57:34 AM

honestly they were better than i thought they would be

BY FAR the most dissapointing album of the year though IMO

7/14/2006 1:28:03 AM

crap

i really like this band

7/14/2006 1:28:42 AM

band of SNOOZES.

7/14/2006 3:00:22 AM

HORSE the band > band of horses

7/14/2006 9:14:38 AM

If they didn't have any hype behind them, every person on this board would be in love with them

7/14/2006 10:25:08 AM

They're not that great, man.

Now, if they weren't so hyped, I wouldn't have been so disappointed the first time I heard them, but they just aren't that great. They're not bad, but they're nothing special.

7/14/2006 10:34:14 AM

^^ so far from the truth its not even funny.

7/14/2006 12:41:53 PM

I just now read this thread. Haha, wow there is some unnecessary bashing going on. This band is good for what they do. I'm starting to get tired of bashing music. It's so predicable. You guys are starting to get like Pitchfork up in here.

9/18/2006 2:12:52 PM

I don't know what you people are talking about. I think it's a great album. My only complaint is that it's too short.

9/18/2006 2:16:00 PM

No, we can recognize decent music and separate it from great music.

Everything All The Time is a bit above average, I've certainly listened to it plenty, but like I said, it's nothing revolutionary. I would say that they are worth seeing live, if I were in town last week I would have seen them at the Cradle.

Give them some more time and see what happens, they certainly aren't terrible.

9/18/2006 2:17:34 PM

I never said it was revolutionary. I do think it's a very good album though.

9/18/2006 2:26:30 PM

So much for seeing where they take the band.

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"As of July 25th, 2006, Mat Brooke has left Band of Horses, due to the success of his other side projects. His return to Band of Horses is unlikely.[3] "

9/19/2006 4:19:47 PM

I saw them last friday night at tremont

I love them

9/20/2006 1:37:29 PM

meh^2

9/20/2006 1:41:11 PM

i'll be seeing them next saturday here in san diego. they're playing a teen rec center though, all ages.... not sure why.

9/20/2006 1:54:33 PM

so yeah the show was good, despite the large amount of high school kids.

10/2/2006 2:13:12 PM

did the high school kids do team cheers or something?

10/2/2006 2:31:13 PM

ttt

1/14/2010 12:33:22 PM

new album??????????

1/14/2010 12:58:26 PM

so what was the BTTT for? it's funny to go back and read all the hating on these guys.

i saw them again a year or 2 later, before Cease to Begin came out. great show, and it got a lot of press b/c it was the show where the singer kind of flipped out on some people in the audience.

1/14/2010 2:15:23 PM