New Music!

I just picked up a copy of the new Band of Horses album, "Cease to Begin", and it is awesome.

I was a big fan of their last album "Everything All The Time", which was sort of split between full-out indie rockers and big, folk-ish ballads. It's one of the most listenable albums, from start to finish, that I've heard. It's the perfect album to put on when you want a hour of consistent music that's not so bland it just sits in the background, but not so in-your-face that it demands all your attention. They're not shattering new musical territory or anything, they just write really, really good songs.

According to the band, the new album leans a little more towards the folk than the rock, but after giving it one listen it sounds like there's lots of both. Like the first one, it sounds like the kind of album that grows on you until you can't get it out of your head.