Cease to Begin, by Band of Horses

Cease to Begin

by Band of Horses

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I love this album so much. Favorite track: Marry Song.

mkultron86 My favorite song on the album, despite the many gems this album just casually drops. Favorite track: Cigarettes, Wedding Bands.

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1.	Is There a Ghost 02:59	buy track
2.	Ode to LRC 04:16	buy track
3.	No One's Gonna Love You 03:37	buy track
4.	Detlef Schrempf 04:28	buy track
5.	The General Specific 03:07	buy track
6.	Lamb on the Lam (in the city) 00:50	buy track
7.	Islands on the Coast 03:34	buy track
8.	Marry Song 03:23	buy track
9.	Cigarettes, Wedding Bands 04:35	buy track
10.	Window Blues 04:01	buy track

about

Released in March of 2006, Band of Horses’ debut Everything All the Time propelled the band from early shows opening for friends Iron & Wine, to playing on The Late Show with David Letterman by July, and being nominated as one of ten finalists (along with Joanna Newsom, Beirut, Tom Waits, and, the eventual winner, Cat Power) for the Shortlist Music Prize for that same year. The record also received celebratory press in Spin, Entertainment Weekly, NY Times, Harp, Billboard, Pitchfork, Magnet, NME, Uncut, and a slew of others. For a lot of reasons, Cease to Begin is the perfect title for this new record. Though they worked with producer Phil Ek again, as they did on Everything All the Time, much has changed for Band of Horses between the fairly recent then and now. Band members have come and gone, including Mat Brooke, who left to pursue other interests and his own band. Core members Ben Bridwell, Rob Hampton and Creighton Barrett moved from Seattle to Mt. Pleasant, SC, to be closer to their families. And, close friends and family have come and gone—some far too early. Necessarily shot through with these experiences, the songs on Cease to Begin are strikingly beautiful, if less elliptical and more straightforward, dealing with the reconciliation of attachment and detachment, the strength that’s found through suffering, and the understanding that we are as significant as we are insignificant. It’s also a great rock record.

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released October 9, 2007

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Jun 13

Stone Pony Summer Stage

Asbury Park, NJ
Jun 15

State Theatre

Kalamazoo, MI
Jun 17

House of Blues - Cleveland

Cleveland, OH
Jun 18

Bluestone

Columbus, OH
Jun 27

The Pines Music Park

Eau Claire, WI
Jun 30

Holliday Park

Indianapolis, IN
Jul 2

Mercury Ballroom

Louisville, KY
Jul 5

History

Toronto, ON
Jul 9

Bogart's

Cincinnati, OH
Jul 10

Clyde Theatre

Fort Wayne, IN

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