Hold Your Horse Is
Lost The Magic/Broken Sound Double B Side
1. Lost The Magic (3.04)
2. Broken Sound (3.45)
Produced by Gordon Mills in Weybridge on the 10th and 11th of July 2009.
Mastered by James Penny.
Artwork by Robin Pearson.
"...forthcoming double a-side single, 'Lost The Magic'/'Broken Sound', are filled with the same explosive energy and excitement as the much-missed St Louis boys early demo recordings. With a slight nod towards an American 90's indie influence in the vocals, these are definitely one of my new favourite bands and they should be yours too."
Kev Douch @ Big Scary Monsters Recording Company.
"Another band with 'horse' in the title, the trio come from Surrey, and hope to one day organise a tour with other equine-related bands. Can I suggest Rapider Than Horsepower for the bill? Speaky 'Art Brut'-esque bits. Rough, sloppy arrogance in the vein of 'Shooting At Unarmed Men'. Dark, quick-paced riffs that would sound at home with 'yourcodenameis:milo' and the edge that Biffy Clyro had back before they became everyone's favourite band – and you have Hold Your Horse Is. It's pretty good, if you couldn't tell. I'm not a big fan of the over-accented vocals at points, as it comes across as a bit wanky at points, but at least it's something a bit different from the usual guff that we get rolled out in the alt music scene. The more I listen, the more I hear strands of all the bands I like tied up and then unravelled really quickly, and it's enough to make me wish there was more. A nice lo-fi recording with lots of punch – due out as a DIY release on the 21st of September – which sadly appears only to be via iTunes, which I personally have a hatred of. Make sure any future releases are on nice shiny hard-copy please?"
Stephen McLeod @ Artrocker.com
"What an attitude ridden perky little treat this is. This noisy three-piece crank out a nice jerky post punky guitar based angular sounding row. There are multiple time changes but also a really good combination of crunching power chords with mathy little riffs that don't sound metally but don't sound too trendy agit-pop either. Much to look forward to here I think."
Shane Blanchard @ Tastyfanzine.
"Two promising DIY tracks from this young English band with a jagged, quirky, post-hardcore edge. The basis of their sound seems to draw on the history of post-hardcore taking in the fuzzy 90s American sound heard from Jawbox and the very British melodic heaviness of naughties bands like Million Dead, then they add an extra layer of quirky, jagged guitar so that we end up somewhere between Minus The Bear, Million Dead and These Arms Are Snakes. Both tracks are really solid; ‘Lost The Magic’ chugs in with immediately heavy beats and off kilter guitars but also has a great melody and ‘Broken Sound’ turns the awkward rhythm of the beginning into the base for a super catchy but nicely thunderous tune. Two cracking tunes, hopefully we'll be hearing more from this lot very soon." 11/13
Emma Gould @ Room Thirteen.
