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Mirage Rock
Rock · 2012 · 11 tracks · 39m

Mirage Rock

Band of Horses

A warm, analog pivot toward 1970s country-rock. Gone is the heavy reverb, replaced by dry vocals, pedal steel, and live-in-the-room energy.

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It's Band of Horses if they grew up in 1974 and recorded in a wood-paneled garage.

A sun-drenched, nostalgic reflection on time passing, delivered with unpretentious analog warmth.

Mirage Rock · vs · Band of Horses
Road Trip+1.5σ

Road Trip saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 39m
01
Knock Knock
3:59
02
How to Live
3:27
03
Slow Cruel Hands of Time
3:50
04
A Little Biblical
2:55
05
Shut‐In Tourist
4:09
06
Dumpster World
3:44
07
Electric Music
3:33
08
Everything’s Gonna Be Undone
3:19
09
Feud
2:57
10
Long Vows
3:44
11
Heartbreak on the 101
4:02
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden, driving garage-rock energy of Knock Knock that breaks from the band's usual ethereal drift
The way the vocal harmonies swell during the chorus of Slow Cruel Hands of Time, evoking a 70s Laurel Canyon vibe
The stripped-back, vulnerable acoustic fragility that closes out Everything's Gonna Be Undone
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