Name: Empty Horses
Brand: Tobin Sprout

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2020-09-18

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142075

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Artist

Tobin Sprout

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Fire Records

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Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Fire Records is an independent record label headquartered in London, England, UK. Founded in the mid 80s, Fire Records has been a prominent force in the music industry for decades. They have released early records from Pulp, Teenage Fanclub, Spacemen 3, Blue Aeroplanes, and many other influential artists. In the early 90s, the label was home to notable acts such as Neutral Milk Hotel, The Lemonheads, Built to Spill, and Urge Overkill.With a rich history of discovering talent and nurturing their careers, Fire Records remains dedicated to supporting groundbreaking musicians across various genres. Their diverse roster showcases both established names and emerging talents who push boundaries and challenge conventions.

American artist and musician, Tobin Sprout, was born on April 28, 1955 in Dayton, Ohio. He is best known as a longtime member of the band Guided By Voices (GBV) and as the writing partner of frontman Robert Pollard. Before achieving fame with GBV, Tobin led a band called fig.4 in the mid-eighties which included members from GBV. In 1986, Tobin joined GBV and helped transition the band from live performers to studio musicians.

Tobin's most recent album, "The Universe and Me," was released in 2017. He has announced that his upcoming album titled "empty horses" will be released in June 2020.

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Artist, illustrator, writer and lo-fi innovator, Tobin Sprout was the super-productive partner of Robert Pollard in the legendary Guided By Voices. The gifted songwriter returns with a pensive, expansive part autobiographical new album Empty Horses. Here he’s part Townes Van Zandt, part John Prine, part Robbie Robertson at his retrospective best.The album is a meticulously observed study of America and Americana (not the music, but the state of mind). An alternative American Songbook, if you will, a collection of laments to simpler times and the struggle for what’s right, peppered with an examination of faith and the search for a sense of justice. Close up and personal, Empty Horses is a poignant carefully etched experience, a rolling journey in modern times, nodding back to tradition, a personal snapshot filled with honesty.Empty Horses is released on vinyl LP and also a deluxe bookback CD, beautifully packed with 24 pages of paintings and lyrics by Tobin Sprout, a true collectors piece for fans of Tobin’s music and art.

Empty Horses

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