Never Cease To Impress
Band of Horses picks up right where they left off.
Band of Horses
Cease to Begin
Released on Nov 30, -0001
To say that Band of Horses sounds like My Morning Jacket would be quite the understatement. The first time I listened to Everything All the Time I had noticed the likeness, but really didn’t think too much of it. Band of Horses latest release, Cease To Begin, gives the listener a similarity that is quite eerie.
Frontman Ben Bridwell really expands his vocal strength on Cease To Begin - hitting notes with regularity that Jim James from My Morning Jacket has come accustomed to hitting frequently. Along with a stronger voice, Bidwell displays deeper more intuitive lyrics – with almost every song describing a love lost. Maybe my memory is jogged, but I don’t remember any cuss words on Everything All the Time; Bidwell makes up for it on the latest effort, parachuting in explicits at the most opportune times.
Cease to Begin is sometimes sad, sometimes happy and sometimes the soundtrack your dad listened while working in the garage when you were little – yet it’s always catchy. A band that was good on their first release only becomes better on Cease to Begin. The comparisons to My Morning Jacket may never stop – but people really can’t knock them for releasing an album this good.
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Posted by Wes Soltis on Oct 01, 2007 @ 12:00 am