Impale Golden Horn

Horseback | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 28, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Burly Time Records/Revolver
• ASIN: B000VUQ4EK
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #540,385 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Finale

2. The Golden Horn

3. Laughing Celestial Architecht

4. Blood Fountain

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars The real deal, March 5, 2008

By 

Patrick Murphy (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Impale Golden Horn (Audio CD)

Bowerbirds defies a single market niche, but I've defaulted to describing them to friends as "bluesy acoustic Americana rock" - whatever that means. But their uneasy independence is one of their charms: it's difficult to find anything quite like them right now, and their emergence onto the indie scene is enormously exciting.

These musicians are the real deal: rhythmically complex, instrumentally tight, melodic yet evasive, and ultimately affecting. Their lyrics may seem uncomfortably earnest on paper, but everything just plain works when packaged together. And Bowerbirds is even better live, with impressive ensemble coordination and easy charisma.

Should you buy this album? Absolutely, without reservation. The only thing to consider is whether to buy now or wait for the Spring 2008 re-release on the Dead Oceans label, with two extra tracks promised. Personally, I'll be buying it again and giving this earlier release to a good friend, to spread the word far and wide about this up-and-coming band.