(((Band of Horses is not a particularly innovative or sublime band in my book, but certainly solid and capable rockers. "The Great Salt Lake" was probably my favorite song of 2006. They also just moved to South Carolina from Seattle. This makes me think there's something going on in S.C. I don't know about)))
Stephen M. Deusner, October 08, 2007
Pitchfork Media
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"Following the success of their debut Everything All the Time and the subsequent departure of founding member Mat Brooke, the remaining members of Band of Horses moved from Seattle to Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, and set to recording their follow-up, Cease to Begin, in Asheville. Thousands of land-locked miles from the Great Salt Lake, this cross-country change of scenery is subtly apparent: If Everything All the Time was a Pacific Northwest indie album with flourishes of country and Southern rock, then Cease to Begin reverses the equation. Putting a different regional spin on their tender-hearted indie rock, however, doesn't change up the sound too much-- the guitars still churn and crest majestically, Bridwell's vocals still echo with grandiose reverb-- but simply creates an atmosphere evocative of something like autumn in a small town."
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