After I went through and deleted each and every email from the publicists, promoters, and myriad labels that pester me daily I was left with only one thing to post. That is the new ep from the band Bark Hide And Horn. I wrote about the band first here back in 2006. Now don’t rush out and try to become the band’s biggest fan because with the announcement of the new EP they also announced their demise.
Still they went out with a blaze of glory. The new ep is more dynamic and just plain louder than their debut. The song cycle deals with “cannibals and carcasses, scavengers and shape-shifters, time-travellers and time-bombs.” The sound is rough around the edges in all the right places.
The song “Fawn” is a good example as it kicks off with a massive swath of organ and drums only to quickly shift gears to a lilting voice singing about songbirds that gradually shifts again.
You can buy the new EP Animal Minds here via CDBaby.
Bonus tracks from the band’s debut lp