Playlisted: Archives (ex-Band of Horses): Sleepdriving
Each day, we add one or two of our favorite tracks from the day's previous postings to our brand effin' new Forkcast Player (it's that thing up there in the sidebar, as we're sure you know), so you can check all the best new stuff with a quick click of the mouse. If you've got a particularly grueling workday ahead of you, hopefully it helps you out. Today, we're adding one:
>> Archives (Ex-Band of Horses): "Sleepdriving" [download MP3] | [original post]
Mat Brooke, co-founder of softcore cult faves Carissa's Wierd and now an ex-member of Band of Horses, has a new band: Seattle-based Archives. And "Sleepdriving", one of two tracks just pushed to their MySpace, closely echoes the two songs Brooke contributed to the Horses' debut ("St. Augustine", "I Go to the Barn Because I Like The"), boosting the volume, piling on vocal harmonies, and building to a massive, upending crescendo.