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80
Comradely Objects seems like some of the most complex, demanding music Horse Lords have made, yet, amazingly, it's also their most danceable album.
3y
80
Comradely Objects sounds less like the work of four individuals jostling for their turn in the spotlight than one finely engineered, utilitarian rhythm and riff machine chugging along with unstoppable momentum towards its goal of a joyful collective trance.
3y
80
While not the only contemporary act revisiting the post- rock aesthetic of the 1990s, Horse Lords may be the most consistently surprising and inventive thanks to their fluidity and versatility.
3y
80
Many of these tunes begin from a place of algorithmic rigour and soon spiral into much wilder and more ecstatic territory.
3y
78
On the group’s fourth album, carefully controlled minimalism gives way to a playful expressionistic streak, suggesting a utopian balance between social harmony and personal freedom.
3y
70
If you loved The Common Task, you're gonna want to check out what the band is doing here as well.
3y
★Album 86/100★
What a strange thing to listen to. It's a very solid album, very technically impressive, but I find that a good portion of these tracks fail to do anything past that. They're fascinating, but not interesting, if that makes any sense at all. I could see myself revisiting this in the future, maybe I'll come away with a different perspective on it. I think it's ‘good,’ but I can't tell if it's barren or minimalist.
Oh yeah I forgot that Horse Lords made a new album in 2022! I thought that "The Common Task" that they released in 2020 was honestly a perfect blend of both experimental and math rock that everyone should hear at least once in their journey through music! This, however, isn't as great as that album and it's mostly because it's more confusing and disorientating than that project. After that masterpiece of an album, I expected much more from the band that however still remains ... read more
Horse Lords are a band that I’ve seen around and I did attempt their previous release The Common Task when it released in 2020 but I don’t actually recall finishing it unfortunately. They’re a band that have interested me but never enough for me to actually dig into their material. I saw that this had released and wanted to give it a try as I have been for many albums this year, especially for my monthly YouTube videos (go check those out) and I really loved it. Everything ... read more
This one's a potentially challenging listen if you're not big on dissonance, but the combination of mechanically repetitive rhythmic grooves, crystalline timbres, a free jazz ethos, and particularly the otherworldly, shimmering, Just Intonation tuning makes this album quite an intense cerebral experience.
Standout tracks: Mess Mend, May Brigade, Law of Movement
Taquito Sudado
La versión bailable de The Common Task; por lo tanto, mismo Tacómetro.
La chingona: Zero Degree Machine, Mess Mend, Law of Movement
La de hueva: May Brigade
Tacómetro = The Common Task = 84/100
Is it perfect? Not by any means, but it scratches almost every itch in my brain and that’s good enough for me.
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Track List
| 1 | Zero Degree Machine 6:59 | 89 |
| 2 | Mess Mend 4:18 | 85 |
| 3 | May Brigade 6:34 | 80 |
| 4 | Solidarity Avenue 1:39 | 76 |
| 5 | Law of Movement 10:20 | 86 |
| 6 | Rundling 3:16 | 80 |
| 7 | Plain Hunt on Four 8:19 | 77 |
Total Length: 41 minutes
