Band of Horses

Add Date: May 18

Artist: Band of Horses

Album: Infinite arms

Label: Brown/Fat Possum

Genre: Rock

Comments: Oh, Band of Horses. I had such high expectations for your newest release, Infinite Arms. It's a respectable album, sure, and I like it, I'm just slightly let-down. Infinite Arms is pretty firmly tuned into country/Americana (and when they veer in this direction, it's promising--tracks "Blue Beard" and "Neighbor" are worth repeat listens), but overall it's not a particularly exciting record. Where are the great, powerful, moody tracks like "The Funeral"?! Instead, we get a slightly overproduced and overpolished sound, which isn't bland per-say, but it's not as gripping as Cease to Begin or Everything All the Time. It's certainly not bad, and perhaps it'll grow on me, but on first listen, it's a solid yet disappointingly safe release from a band that could have really knocked it out of the park.