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On "Detlef Schrempf", for example, he sings, with heartfelt gravity, "Watch how you treat every living soul," and still somehow sounds bold and genuine. On the other hand, Cease to Begin 's looser vibe preempts the big moments that gave Everything All the Time its gravity. Listeners looking for another "Funeral" or "Great Salt Lake" may come away disappointed, making do with only the airborne rush of opener "Is There a Ghost".

These songs go for texture and shade over size and scale, an admirable shift even if Band of Horses don't always pull it off.

On "Cigarettes Wedding Band", they can't churn up enough bile to convey Bridwell's bitter lyrics; instead of contrasting the album's sweet-tea tone, the song simply reflects it, revealing the limits of their range.

Still, Bridwell does accomplish the nifty trick of turning an accusation into a formidable pop hook: "While they lied-dee-die! While they lied! As they move southeasterly, Band of Horses may bear some derision as dad-rock at best, or as granola at worst.

And yes, there are moments here that support those stereotypes: The sequencing of two downtempo ballads "No One's Gonna Love You", "Detlef Schrempf" slows the album's first half almost to a halt. But even if Cease to Begin is a little creaky and uneven and even if it never finds the resting spot the album title promises, Band of Horses do guitar-based indie very well-- well enough, at least, that the next generation of American indie bands may bear comparisons to them.

The album closes with "Window Blues", a slow, aching number that fades into a simple "Rainbow Connection" banjo outro that gives the album a snowglobe quality, despite the warmer Carolina climate.

These songs depict a personal world in great detail, contained within a small space. A Secret Or Two Never Get Older The Snow Fall Older A Song For You Window Blues Writers Savannah Part One Demo 2. The Snow Fall Demo 3. For Wicked Gill Demo 4. The Great Salt Lake Live 5. Billion Day Funeral Live 6.

So get them while they are hot as they we only have a very limited number. The First Song 2. Wicked Gil 3. Our Swords 4. The Funeral 5. Part One 6. The Great Salt Lake 7. Weed Party 8. But what happened to the proposed November 16th? While the penchant for beautiful melody is present everywhere here, that's pretty much where the similarity stops. Whereas their former project centered itself on slower-than-codeine-cough-syrup-on-a-cold-day, lushly textured sad-pop, Band of Horses is a full-on indie rock band that writes and plays loud, raw, mid-tempo pop songs and really loves Neil Young.

Gone are the slow, layered, weepy, singly tempoed songs of heartbreak and loss. No more violins, no more space, no more, no more. Bridwell's vocals are stretched here and they could be mistaken for Wayne Coyne's or a young Young's on first listen , but he and Brooke have a different m. They play a plethora of instruments between them, from banjos to pedal steels and piano, and Chris Early pays bass along with an assortment of drummers that includes touring kit man Tim Meining, though Sera Cahoone another ex-Clarissa's sits in the chair on about half this set.

The ramped-up electric guitars are a welcome wind blowing through this heavier, denser music. It's nearly anthemic.

There are more meditative moments, though. The country-ish "Part One" is acoustic and tender. But "The Great Salt Lake," which follows it, is simply majestic. Wilson's, but is much murkier -- a more blissed-out, distorted jangle-fest. The closer is the spare, meditative "St. Everything All the Time isn't a perfect album. It gets a little long in the tooth in places and samey-sounding.

The exuberance is the mirror image of Carissa's Weird's downer reserve; it's as if the fellas were trying really hard -- perhaps a little too hard -- to distance themselves from their previous incarnation. Nonetheless, it's a decent first effort that warrants repeated listening. Hah, i heard a song by these guys off 3hive and thought they were pretty cool, then i downloaded their new album - everything all the time - and i wasn't impressed.