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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Band of Horses - Infinite Arms (2010)


I’ve been a huge fan of Band of Horses’ combination of folk and arena rock. Their guitar sound makes their best songs sound absolutely massive. Infinite Arms is somewhat different from their first two albums. It’s more towards the folky end of the spectrum, with an overall quieter sound and less atmospherics going on. The focus is clearly on the songs themselves, the hooks and melodies, instead of just creating an intense atmosphere and it works pretty well. It’s too soon to say whether this reaches the heights of the previous two albums, but it’s pretty clear this isn’t a disappointment by any means. Some songs like “Compliments,” “Laredo,” “Dilly,” and “Older” are among their catchiest.

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Hi Max,

On behalf of Columbia Records and Band of Horses, we would kindly ask you not to post copies of "Infinite Arms" on your site (or any non-preview tracks from the newly released album by Band of Horses).

We do appreciate that you are fans of / are promoting Band of Horses, but the label and artist would greatly appreciate your co-operation in removing your links to the pirate files in question.

Thank you for respecting the artist’s and label’s wishes and, if you / your readers want good quality, non-pirated, preview tracks, then a full length version of "Factory" is available for fans and bloggers to link to / post / host etc on the band’s site at www.bandofhorses.com ... .. for further details of the new album, pre-orders, on-line promotions, videos and 2010 shows, check-out the official site, as well as the band’s MySpace at www.myspace.com/bandofhorses ... .. and keep an eye on these official sources for details of further news, preview material and on-line promotions.

Also and as a goodwill gesture to fans and bloggers, an exclusive widget for the video of “Compliments” is available on the band’s site and an exclusive preview stream of the full album is also now available via stream.bandofhorses.com/ ... .. these are for embedding / hyper-linking ONLY and for streaming by fans directly off the band’s website, so please reciprocate this goodwill gesture by NOT ripping or re-posting these files.

As you will appreciate, this post is written on a without prejudice basis and, as such, all of our clients' accumulated, worldwide rights and remedies remain strictly reserved : please excuse this required formality.

With Thanks & Regards,

WEB SHERIFF