If I am lost its only for a little while.
I have been listening to this internet radio station for the last month or so on somafm.com called "indie pop rocks". I think it has a pretty great mix of stuff I like, and new stuff I haven't heard yet. I heard this band "Band of Horses" on there. I wasn't sure at first if I'd like it or not from the one single. But, I picked up a copy of their debut album Everything All the Time and I can't stop listening to it.
At first it really makes me think of a heavy influence of My Morning Jacket. It has kind of a southern/folksy influence it feels like to me. However, they mix it in very nicely with modern sounds and guitar riffs. I really like the singer's voice, which does remind me of Jim James of My Morning Jacket, but upon further listens they do sound different.
The first song that got me was the first song, called "The First Song". Its very soothing and melodic. His voice adds a lot to this song for me. Its not exactly something I've never heard before, but it works very nicely.
Then I was totally floored with "The Funeral". I listened to it on repeat for days. I can't get the phrase out of my head, "At every occaison I'll be ready for the funeral". I think that's a great way to live life. I think its good to be ready to die at any moment, once I started feeling like that many years back it was a big weight off of my shoulders. So, this song is not only great in the sound of it, but it has some very cool songwriting in my opinion.
Then I started listening to "The Great Salt Lake" on repeat. I think its a great track to listen to out on the open road or something, I've listened to it many times in the car and it fits perfectly. Really the entire album is strong. They slow it down a bit more at the end. But with repeated listens all the songs keep growing me.
Really, you can't say this record is totally original in any respect. But it just really works. Its not exactly copying off of anything that comes to mind and blends old and new sounds quite nicely. It has a fresh and comfortable feeling to it, a lot of fun to listen to. Its been on the top of my play list for over a week now.