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Guitarist+vocalist Ben Bridwell and bassist Mat Brooke formed Band Of
Horses in Seattle, Washington USA, in 2004 after the dissolution of their
nearly ten-year run in the Northwest Indie Folk-Rock quintet Carissa's
Wierd. They later recruited guitarist+bassist Rob Hampton and drummer
Creighton Barrett to form a full-time touring band.
Released in March of 2006 on SubPop Records, Band of Horses' debut "Everything
All The Time" made good on the promise hinted at in their early shows
and demos reaching #31 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.
The band went from from early live performances, to playing on The Late
Show with David Letterman by July and being nominated as one of ten finalists,
along with the eventual winner Cat Power,
for the Shortlist Music Prize for that same year. The record was well-received
critically, with celebratory press in Spin, The New York Times, Billboard,
NME and a slew of others; not a bad place to start, but Brooke nevertheless
left the line-up that same summer.
For core members Bridwell, Hampton and Barrett, there has been a move
from Seattle, to Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, a relocation that had been
planned for some time so that they could all be closer to their families.
Band Of Horses released its sophomore effort "Cease To Begin",
in October 2007 reaching #1 on U.S. Top Independent Albums chart and the
top 40 of The Billboard 200 list.
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