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Band of Horses — Our Swords
Album: Everything All The Time
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7

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Total ratings: 856









Released: 2006
Length: 2:23
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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Out on the wall sounds of banging is constant coming from your head
And desperate the calls came then ringing from those wanna who wring your neck
Your neck

Open your mouth sounds of breathing found it spilling from your face
Best to be dim to the humbling traffic stomping on your name

Count on us all falling on our own swords tonight

And chilling walk home down the portions of roads there leading straight to your place
And look like the tin can with swallows the kitchen plugging up your space

Count on us all stepping on our own toes tonight
Count on us all stepping on our own toes
Count on us all falling on our own swords tonight
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idk, i think all their songs sound the same. and the lead vocals always drive me nuts. 
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Fantastic segue from Fight Test.
Posted 2 years ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
Hearing a lot of Death Cab here.  Had to check to see if Ben Gibbard was singing.
Posted 2 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
BOH is an amazing live band. I dare say they sound even better live than on their records. What a band!
Posted 6 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
Similar sound/style of Marcy Playground?
Posted 6 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
yeehaw!  the wife and i just saw band of horses in manhattan last week.  they played two full shows, an acoustic show at 7pm and a two hour electric show at 10pm.  over the course of the night they played every song they'd ever recorded - 4 albums' worth.  fantastic night.  ben & company really put on a great live show.  love me some b.o.h.  !!  {#Cowboy} 
Posted 12 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
I really liked that AB song when it came out. Last time I checked, you couldn't get it on iTunes. Do the songs really sound the same? I once saw AB perform arouned '83 while visiting my girlfriend at Carnegie-Mellon (great school in a really great city). His drummer, if I remember rightly, was Elvis Presley's drummer at one point. The guy had an adoring throng surrounding him at an intermission as he told stories about The King. Adrian was a bit more reclusive, but he was great on stage. Everyone went nuts when he performed "Big Electric Cat."
 
Let's hear it for some Belew on RP. (Yes yes I know how to upload songs- just want to plug the old raconteur.) His most recent tour is solid rock with the bro-sis combo rhythm section. Tony and Pat aren't bad, either

Posted 13 years ago by mcYammer    [ Reply ]
This was the song, heard right here on RP, that got me turned onto and tuned into these guys.  The lyrics are clipped and cryptic, but far from insipid, they are actually poignant and insightful. I believe they refer to an inescapable, angst-filled environment (teenage rebellion, job, rock and roll lifestyle, jilted lover; could be any/ many of these) and a corresponding inability to rise above the self-sabotage, dishonor, and disgrace that is fully expected of them. On "Factory" from their newer release, the singer does a very good job of wry self-deprecation with wit and wordplay that invites, in me, far more sympathy than pity. Like reading dark and disturbingly realistic classic Russian literature -- love it!
Posted 13 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Certainly a 7 for me now!  Earlier it was a 6.  sorry
Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Nice tune...dumb band name.
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
"Out on the wall sounds of banging is constant coming from your head
And desperate the calls came and ringing from those wanna wring your neck
Wring your neck"

any ideas what this is all about?
Posted 14 years ago by rumblekg    [ Reply ]
 Sloggydog wrote:
So this is what the word banal was invented for.
 
Brilliant!{#Notworthy}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Ooh, I like this better than most Band of Horses.  Made me stop and listen.  8!
Posted 14 years ago by zair99    [ Reply ]
resounding meh {#Neutral}
Posted 15 years ago by Decoy    [ Reply ]
So this is what the word banal was invented for.
Posted 15 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:
With all due respect, Fleet Foxes sound like Band of Horses - this album proceeds FF by 2 years. . .
I think this echo-chamber sound is becoming a genre in its own right.

Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
and hear them again and again and agian , , , , ,  they're not that good. . .
Posted 15 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
I really like these guys. They've been on my radar for at least a couple of years - good to hear them here.
Posted 15 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
Very nice! {#Music}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 almafi wrote:
I thought it was the Shins at first too.  I'd add Fleet Foxes.  My Flaming Fox Shin Jacket?
 
With all due respect, Fleet Foxes sound like Band of Horses - this album proceeds FF by 2 years. . .

Posted 16 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
I thought it was the Shins at first too.  I'd add Fleet Foxes.  My Flaming Fox Shin Jacket?
Posted 16 years ago by almafi    [ Reply ]
A good friend just introduced me to this band this month...and I'm so glad! I just uploaded a really sweet ballad "No One's Gonna Love You Like I Do" and I hope it makes it to the playlist!
Posted 16 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
 copymonkey wrote:
the vocal echo is why it sounds like My Morning Jacket and the Shins. The similarities really end there, though. This album is really good. The newer one is great!

 

Liked the first one a lot. If this one is better, it'll have to go on the purchse list.
Posted 16 years ago by Pharlap    [ Reply ]
the vocal echo is why it sounds like My Morning Jacket and the Shins. The similarities really end there, though. This album is really good. The newer one is great!
Posted 16 years ago by copymonkey    [ Reply ]
great album
Posted 16 years ago by kristina_louise    [ Reply ]
FlatCat wrote:
Adrian Belew: Oh daddy, when you gonna have that fat cadillac like you always said? Oh daddy, when you gonna put on some stretch pants, yeah? Same rhythm. Same tune. Hmm...
good catch, still a good tune (both of them).
Posted 16 years ago by islander    [ Reply ]
Roverfish wrote:
My Flaming Morning Shins.
thanks for that one Roverfish - first good chuckle of the day!
Posted 16 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
Not bad...
Posted 16 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
best album of 06. still in heavy rotation at the wrangler household
Posted 16 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
These horses are pretty good. . .
Posted 16 years ago by wferrier    [ Reply ]
FlatCat wrote:
Adrian Belew: Oh daddy, when you gonna have that fat cadillac like you always said? Oh daddy, when you gonna put on some stretch pants, yeah? Same rhythm. Same tune. Hmm...
I really liked that AB song when it came out. Last time I checked, you couldn't get it on iTunes. Do the songs really sound the same? I once saw AB perform arouned '83 while visiting my girlfriend at Carnegie-Mellon (great school in a really great city). His drummer, if I remember rightly, was Elvis Presley's drummer at one point. The guy had an adoring throng surrounding him at an intermission as he told stories about The King. Adrian was a bit more reclusive, but he was great on stage. Everyone went nuts when he performed "Big Electric Cat."
Posted 16 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I enjoy this song. I just got the album, and it's pretty good throughout.
Posted 16 years ago by Jimi_the_Saint    [ Reply ]
FlatCat wrote:
Adrian Belew: Oh daddy, when you gonna have that fat cadillac like you always said? Oh daddy, when you gonna put on some stretch pants, yeah? Same rhythm. Same tune. Hmm...
deconstructionist
Posted 16 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Adrian Belew: Oh daddy, when you gonna have that fat cadillac like you always said? Oh daddy, when you gonna put on some stretch pants, yeah? Same rhythm. Same tune. Hmm...
Posted 17 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
songbirdfemme wrote:
SNAP! yeah, those kids should stop being influenced by great albums and just reference everything they write from the sounds in their immediate environment, such as the faucet dripping. things like that.
Posted 17 years ago by Krow_Pie    [ Reply ]
thewiseking wrote:
ok, i get it. some kids were listening to pet sounds and echo and the bunnymen and then cut an album
yeah, those kids should stop being influenced by great albums and just reference everything they write from the sounds in their immediate environment, such as the faucet dripping. things like that.
Posted 17 years ago by songbirdfemme    [ Reply ]
Roverfish wrote:
I'm with rah, but throw in Flaming Lips. My Flaming Morning Shins. My Flaming Shin Jacket
Posted 17 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
it's like the shins married to my morning jacket.
I'm with rah, but throw in Flaming Lips. My Flaming Morning Shins. That doesn't detract from the value of the tune...it's quite good.
Posted 17 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
So I used to wake up to this song on my alarm clock... you would think I now would hate it, but on the contrary I freaking love this song. Side note, for the Capital Hill Block Party last year I actually got my parents to come up from Texas and check it out...needless to say they enjoyed everything, particularly the people watching.
Posted 17 years ago by GChevy410    [ Reply ]
Fun with reverb!
Posted 17 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Love the bass in this song
Posted 17 years ago by sunnysoul03    [ Reply ]
yomamma wrote:
The Shins? Hardly. This band is completely great in their own way. Check 'em out live if you ever have the chance. Best live rock vocals I've heard in a long time. The album is solid through and through. My top pick of the year. Word has it they are already set to call it quits and move home closer to family. Bummer for us.
striking pretty close to home when people post to say, "this sounds NOTHING like...whoever." Yeah, I hear some shinnyness. So what? It's not an insult.
Posted 17 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
it's like the shins married to my morning jacket.
Posted 17 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Man I think this really is some wild, wild stuff. Tasty, tasty candidate for further investigation...
Posted 17 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Interesting that Bill chose to play the Shins right after this one... I like both groups - a little similar, but different.
Posted 17 years ago by lild    [ Reply ]
yomamma wrote:
The Shins? Hardly. This band is completely great in their own way. Check 'em out live if you ever have the chance. Best live rock vocals I've heard in a long time. The album is solid through and through. My top pick of the year. Word has it they are already set to call it quits and move home closer to family. Bummer for us.
Well three months later and i'm on schedule to see them live this coming weekend; guess they haven't given up just yet...
Posted 17 years ago by freeone1    [ Reply ]
Greenman wrote:
A little more practice and he could be a Shins cover group.
Gosh, just what the world needs.
Posted 17 years ago by meloman    [ Reply ]
The Shins? Hardly. This band is completely great in their own way. Check 'em out live if you ever have the chance. Best live rock vocals I've heard in a long time. The album is solid through and through. My top pick of the year. Word has it they are already set to call it quits and move home closer to family. Bummer for us.
Posted 18 years ago by yomamma    [ Reply ]
Never heard of this band, album, or song, but I'm digging it in a big way. Thanks as usual RP
Posted 18 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
This is a GREAT album, am not usually down with MOR rock but this is an exception. Highlight tracks include St Augustine, Our Swords and Great Salt Lake. Quality music.
Posted 18 years ago by hunthunthunt    [ Reply ]
Hmmm, caught my ear right away... I like it so far....
Posted 18 years ago by rosedraws    [ Reply ]
A little more practice and he could be a Shins cover group.
Posted 18 years ago by Greenman    [ Reply ]
ok, i get it. some kids were listening to pet sounds and echo and the bunnymen and then cut an album
Posted 18 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Whoa.
Posted 18 years ago by FallOutOfWindow    [ Reply ]