Name: The Common Task
Brand: Horse Lords

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-NS-124

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Black Vinyl

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2020-03-13

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

309272740295

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Horse Lords

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Northern Spy Records

Horse Lords is a quartet from Baltimore, Maryland. Their experimental music incorporates elements of krautrock, post-punk, Appalachian and African musical traditions. They use the just intonation tuning system favored by avantgarde composers La Monte Young and James Tenney, playing hand-modified guitars with repositioned frets. Horse Lords gained recognition on the American DIY scene after their debut album in 2012 and have since toured with Matmos, Guerilla Toss, and Guardian Alien.

The band's unique sound has garnered praise from critics and audiences alike. Their second LP was released by NNA Tapes in 2014. Horse Lords' performances at festivals such as Hopscotch, NXNE, and Fields Fest have further solidified their presence in the music scene.

With Andrew Bernstein on saxophone/percussion, Max Eilbacher on bass/electronics, Owen Gardner on guitar, and Sam Haberman on drums; Horse Lords continue to push boundaries with their polyrhythmic compositions and modular synthesis.

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Horse Lords make music for the liberation of mind and body. The Baltimore quartet's new album The Common Task points to a utopian, modernist ideal, recalling as diverse a cohort as The Ex and Glenn Branca to raucous Saharan guitar music, Albert Ayler, and James Tenney. As evidenced by the album’s title, as well as songs like “Fanfare for Effective Freedom” and “People’s Park,” the band’s penchant for radical politics is especially accentuated on this release. Horse Lords are the Pied Piper of experimental music and radical thought. Their music is unabashedly fun, and experiencing it in a live context is an experience of collective ecstasy, each body moving to its own notion of what the beat may be. By showing just how joyous it can be to imagine new futures and possibilities, by making us dance and howl with each tectonic shift, they show how dazzling the path towards utopia could be.

The Common Task

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