Band of Horses (Amoeba S.F., 1 April 2006)

While 2005 will be remembered as the Year of the Wolf, 2006 will be remembered as the Year of the Horse. Already, numerous horse bands, such as They Shoot Horses Don't They, are gaining a lot of buzz this year. Add Band of Horses in that list.



Band of Horses played a free gig at Amoeba in San Francisco. They also played with Earlimart at the Independent later that evening. Their sound is a bit of that folksy/country/indie rock. The lead singer's voice sometimes wavers to Perry Farrell like crooning to...something else. Their look is pure Grandaddy, complete with facial hair and tattoos for each of the band members.



They played quite a few songs from their album Everything All the Time. They started off with "The First Song" and played shortly thereafter "The Great Salt Lake." Both were played marvelously. At one point during the show, lead singer Ben Bridwell said that they were hung over from last night and got lost getting to Amoeba. Despite their obvious hung over state, they played two great songs called "Our Swords" and "The Funeral." "Our Swords" is a song that consisted solely of drums and two basses. No guitar. It was an awesome beat, and great lyrics. "Funeral" had a great guitar driven ending. Two definite winners.



They also did a signing, which was nice of them.

This show beat last night's We Are Scientists show quite easily. And I didn't have to pay for anything.

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