They Shoot Horses Don't They - Pick Up Sticks
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Track List: Pick Up Sticks
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- One Last Final Push - They Shooot Horses Don't They?
- The Guest - They Shooot Horses Don't They?
- A Place Called La - They Shooot Horses Don't They?
- Speck Of Dust - They Shooot Horses Don't They?
- That's a Good Question - They Shooot Horses Don't They?
- The Hallway - They Shooot Horses Don't They?
- What Is That? - They Shooot Horses Don't They?
- Busted Bell - They Shooot Horses Don't They?
- You Know Me - They Shooot Horses Don't They?
- Wrong Directions - They Shooot Horses Don't They?
Album Details: Pick Up Sticks
- Release Date:
- 06/05/2007
- Label:
- Kill Rock Stars
- UPC:
- 759656046022
Pro Reviews: Pick Up Sticks
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Fitting in perfectly with the Pacific Northwest's experimental indie scene is They Shoot Horses Don't They, a multiinstrumental, avantgardeflavored group out of Vancouver who make polyrhythmic, Eastern European folkinfluenced rock reminiscent of early Modest Mouse, Pink Mountain, and KRS labelmates the Paper Chase. Leader and guitarist Nut Brown has a voice that borders on frantic as he singtalks his way through the ten tracks on the band's second fulllength, Pick Up Sticks, speaking abstractly and sometimes nonsensically of body parts and magical lands and strange relationships, sometimes all in the same song. This is music that's hard to categorize, and because of that, it's easy to forget that most of the album, in fact, is rather unvaried. Because both Brown and the instrumentation behind him avoid actual melody and focus instead on layers and fills, the songs have a tendency to blend into one another, creating a 40minute set of horn bursts and guitar strums and keyboard squeals and bass drum kicks on the downbeat, a kind of crazed circus rant that, despite the number of instruments used (nine in this case), sounds very hollow and even sparse, like the gypsy wagons clanging down a bumpy dirt road. There are a few pieces in particular, like "Wrong Directions," with its fantastic opening phrase "That them there finger's going to point the way/You best pay attention 'cause it just might sway.../In the middle of a maze where a beast does dwell/By the looks of them bones that beast eats well" or the dark, cinematic feel of "Busted Bell" that stick out from the crowd and show off the band's talents, but a little too often They Shoot Horses Don't They seem more concerned with sounding musical instead of actually being musical. Which isn't to say that Pick Up Sticks is all talk and no walk: there's a great deal of creativity and innovation here, but there's just something missing greater attention to melody? A change in formula? that keeps the album from really stepping away from being merely unusual towards being something truly great. - Marisa Brown, All Music Guide |
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With a lineup that changes from six to nine pieces, Vancouver's They Shoot Horses Don't They combine elements of punk, circus music, experimental rock, and jazz in their freeform, sometimes riotous instrumental expression. Formed by singer/guitarist ...Full They Shoot Horses Don't They Biography
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