I love a beautiful mess of a record, especially one that feels like it was made on the spot in a special place by a collective who share an attitude—the badder, the better.
From the liner notes:
“THIS IS OUR TORCHED ESTATES” = 6 busted “waltzes” for world wars 4 thru 6, or the sound of our nervous unit collapsing across sing-song eruptions of anxious light and clumsy heat, “mysteryandwonder, messy hearts made of thunder,” tape recordered at thee mighty hotel2tango for all the GENTLE dreamers to cradle or discard… the politics of it is just love thy neighbour mostly, or heartbroken temper tantrums for grumpy refusers, or saucy anthems for all the stubborn dumbass resistance cadres maybe…(first song’s about war and drug addiction, fourth song’s about kanada, and the rest of it is all love songs trulytrulytruly…) the indignant critics amongst us should note that as usual there’s more questions than answers here, more complaints than solutions, and at times the group singing is a little out of tune; the name of the record is “horses in the sky”, and we thank you all for still listening”.
The Band:
Beckie: cello, voice
Efrim: guitar, piano, voice
Ian: guitar, harmonium, voice
Jessica: violin, piano, glasses, voice
Scott: drums, percussion, guitar, mandolin, voice
Sophie: violin, trumpet, glasses, voice
Thierry: contrabass, glasses, harmonica, voice
Released March 21, 2005 on Canada’s Constellation Records, Horses In The Sky is a meandering record for lovers, tramps and troubadours filled with mysteryandwonder.
