Taken from http://www.asssnake.com/horsetheband/ “PRESS BIOGRAPHY: Raised in the tough, gritty landscapes of Lake Forest, California and Pleasant Valley, Utah, street-smart emo-rockers HORSE the band have got something to prove to the world. With 4 of 5 members formerly in street gangs, HORSE the band is pretty fucking tough, and packs some street respect points. HORSE the band is a plea for recognition and approval, a desperate stab at validation. Eat shit. Through using nostalgic, unarguably cool 80s pop-culture references such as the 8 bit Nintendo, and making incomprehensible statements beyond critique like lots of artsy screamo bands, they have managed to be an interest in 43 live journals! Look at those fuckers go! North America, watch out for HORSE the band!” Er…..ummm……….yeah…….let’s try to be professional about this, for the kids’ sakes. HORSE THE BAND has been dubbed the originators of “Nintendocore”, for better or worse. There are definite elements of spazzcore, post-hardcore, and yes, 80’s pop all over “R. Borlax”, but acknowledging that the influences exist doesn’t give you a very clear concept of what HTB sounds like. These guys just don’t take themselves seriously at all (hell, look at the name!). While I often find this to be refreshing and honest, half the time it gives me a headache. HTB is a nonstop barrage of synth pop and spazzcore, creating inevitable comparisons to the likes of THE LOCUST or MR BUNGLE. Still, it’s unfair to compare HTB to anyone. At times, it feels like “R. Borlax” is the result of throwing various musical ingredients in a blender and hitting “Max”. I would like to tag down the Nintendo-inspired riffs and dark keyboards as gimmicky, but it’s hard to accuse these guys of even caring enough to create a gimmick. HTB is just meant to be chaotic fun, I assume, and will attract a small group of fans who want to flail about to a bunch of nonsense for more than half an hour. “The Immense Defecation of the Bunt”, a decently organized song backed by the music that echoes through the dungeons while Link stabs little blue bats, hints that HTB could be onto something with this sound, but I doubt that it will attract more than a small audience. “R. Borlax” does get better as the album progresses, but there is a solid chance that it just took me seven tracks to grow accustomed to it. Once the novelty of the HTB sound is over, they had better hope that their live show is half as insane as they boast it is.

Pluto Records

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