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March 6, 2006
Northwest Rock Nerds do it again
Full beards and flannel shirts (Brokeback Mountain style) are back in. And it might be partly because of these guys. Band of Horses played to a full-house audience at Neumo's over the weekend. The main guys Ben Bridwell and Mat Brooke openly showed their excitement about the turnout, and the crowd responded to it warmly.
Horses play a fine mixture of alt-country and shoe-gazing indy rock ("rootless roots rock", our local rag described), but on stage they had a lot more oomph than you would expect from the genre. Bridwell sang his heart out with youthful abandon (very impressive voice, by the way), while the guitarist Brook was as steady and masterful at his instruments as Bridwell was nervous and shaky. More than detracting from the songs, this on-stage ying and yang drew the audience in and held it there. They are definitely one of the most impressive bands I've seen on stage for the first time in recent years.
Music aside, these guys, like the grunge rockers of ten years ago, are setting a fashion trend without meaning to. Sporting jeans, flannels and facial hair, they look like any old Northwest slackers. But on stage, it's a differnt story. Mid-set, a young woman yells "you are so sexy!" and boom, all of a sudden beer-'n-sweat-drenched beards look appealing to everyone in the room. Look out, New York. Move over, big sunglasses. It's Sasquatch time.
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Posted by Akira at March 6, 2006 11:33 AM
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