Hold Your Horse Is - Double B Side EP

by Stephen McLeod on Tue, 2009/09/08 - 9:30am

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, 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?

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Tour Dates

10th September - Hamptons, Southampton.
18th September - Meshfest, Camberley.
24th September - Mothers Ruin, Bristol.
25th September - Prince Albert, Brighton.
26th September - West End Centre, Aldershot.
27th September - Hobgoblin, Staines.
28th September - Dublin Castle, London.
2nd October - Boileroom, Guildford.
14th October - 333 Mother Bar, London.
17th October - Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading.
18th October - Cellar Bar, Bracknell.
19th October - Latest Music Bar, Brighton.

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