Pure Horsehair : Aubade
September 19, 2007
I’ve been listening to the album Aubade by Pure Horsehair.
It’s good. Real good. I want to sit by the Mississippi River and drink a lemonade with this album. Not that you have to but that’s the rolling grace I get when this album is on.
Pure Horsehair is a band that hails from Brooklyn, New York, consisting of Garrett Devoe and Shahzad Ismaily. Garrett got some analog recording equipment from the bassist of TV on the Radio and turned his apartment into a analog recording studio. Mixed by Joe Blaney the album was produced, written and recorded by Garrett. And again, it sounds real good. I mean to stress this point because as I listen to Aubade, I’m reminded of how in today’s digital world, musicians, like Pure Horsehair, who are willing to put a bit of extra love into their music, go with analog recording.
The warmth in the recording is reciprocated by their songwriting and Garrett’s vocals. Both songwriter and voice carry sincerity and a sense of urgency that is missing from most of what I hear today.
So I urgently suggest you check out Aubade before another day breaks without it.
Word by FJP
