Hymns for a Dark Horse

by Bowerbirds

Hymns for a Dark Horse cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 July 2007
  • Label: Burly Time
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 49:50
  • Community rating: 3.25/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded entirely in a rural North Carolina cabin, the trio's debut is an intimate, fiercely pastoral celebration of the natural world. Stripped-down acoustic guitars, accordion, and hushed vocal harmonies dictate the gentle pacing, establishing them as vital voices in the late-2000s freak-folk movement.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, acoustic, nature

Tracklist

  1. Hooves (2:40)
  2. In Our Talons (3:53)
  3. Human Hands (3:19)
  4. Dark Horse (4:33)
  5. Bur Oak (5:00)
  6. My Oldest Memory (4:31)
  7. The Marbled Godwit (4:00)
  8. Slow Down (3:54)
  9. The Ticonderoga (4:30)
  10. Olive Hearts (5:29)
  11. La Denigracion - Bonus Track (3:17)
  12. Matchstick Maker - Bonus Track (4:40)

Credits

  • Bowerbirds - primary artist
  • Beth Tacular - accordion, artwork, drum, vocals
  • Eric Amling - artwork by
  • Phil Cook - banjo
  • Brad Cook - double bass [upright bass]
  • Phil Moore - drum, piano, violin

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