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Lyrics: [Spoken] Talking television at the casual party
Blind faith don’t sit right Awful conversation at the casual party Blind faith don’t sit right Talking conversation at the casual party [Spoken] Get It: Pick up your copy of Why Are You OK? at Amazon: The band’s KEXP radio performance was based on its Acoustic at the Ryman record, which is available here: |
Today on Dances with Bass Radio, we’re featuring one of our favorite modern bands—and one with which you might not be familiar—Band of Horses. In typical tunnel-visioned radio style, Seattle rockers Band of Horses have been largely shunned in favor of trash artists like Justin Bieber. While 2010’s Infinite Arms cracked the Billboard top 10 in the mainstream rock category, its stay there was short-lived in favor of talent-bereft starlets and boy bands. And while we here at the Dances with Bass thunderdome doubt that we can change all that, we ain’t skeered’ta try. Band of Horses formed in 2004 and released its debut record, Everything All the Time, which features The Funeral; this track has been used multiple times in movies and television, as well as under-the-radar rollicker, Weed Party, which is one of the most-played tracks in the massive Dances with Bass music library. (Be sure to listen to the sublime acoustic version of Weed Party below.) The band broke into the sub-mainstream in 2007 with the release of Cease to Begin, which contained the single, No One’s Gonna Love You; this track became a hit in Europe and exposed the band to American audiences, including your wayward Dances with Bass crew. Band of Horses started as a three-piece and for about ten years, was a six-piece with the addition of guitar phenom Tyler Ramsey and bassist Bill Reynolds. In May 2017, the band announced that Ramsey and Reynolds were moving on to other projects and would no longer perform with BoH. Vocalist Ben Bridwell remains the only constant bandmember. Drummer Creighton Barrett has been with the band since 2006, and guitarist/keyboardist Ryan Monroe has been with the band since 2007. If you’re not familiar with Band of Horses, give them a listen. Their music is intricate, passionate, heavily layered, and simply beautiful. And because most radio stations ignore artists such as Band of Horses, I haven’t actively listened to broadcast radio since the early 2000s. There’s simply no need because radio stations aren’t playing much worth listening to anyway. Put quite simply, BoH is one of the best bands making music today. If you’re just getting started with their music, might we suggest that you follow these helpful steps? 1. Turn off the radio while giving it a distasteful stare. As for today’s featured video, Casual Party, we apologize if it ruins cold cuts for, like, ever. Video: Here is the video for Casual Party where we learn about playing drums on a stack of meat, ironing a fish, dental hygiene, and a human-shaped cold cut party favor:
And here is a live version of the aforementioned Weed Party, which appears on 2004’s Everything All the Time. The recording from a longer live performance on Seattle’s KEXP Radio, which is purely spectacular. Below, I’ve included a link to the full-performance, which is well worth your time. These fellows are purely magical. The track, Weed Party, is a happy little diddy that never fails to put a bustle in our official hedgerow, so to speak.
Here’s the full KEXP performance:
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