R. Borlax
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| Studio album by HORSE the band | ||
| Released | November 25, 2003 | |
| Recorded | January 2003 | |
| Genre | Metalcore, Nintendocore | |
| Length | 34:43 | |
| Label | Pluto Records | |
| Producer(s) | HORSE the band | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| HORSE the band chronology | ||
| Beautiful Songs by Men (2002) |
R. Borlax (2003) |
The Mechanical Hand (2005) |
R. Borlax is the first full studio album by HORSE the band, released in 2003 on Pluto Records.
As with all HORSE the band recordings, the most noticeable thing about the album is the use of keyboards to mimic the 8-bit sound produced by the Nintendo Entertainment System. The album is thought of as a concept album about the cult 1989 movie, The Wizard, although this hasn't been confirmed; Despite this, samples of actor Jackey Vinson's voice are used at the beginning and end of the song "Cutsman", most notable being the line "I love the Power Glove, It's so bad."
The album has strong ties to many titles from the Nintendo franchise. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the band have coined a new sub-genre from this style dubbed Nintendocore; Keyboardist Erik Engstrom has been known to voice his disapproval of musical genres in interviews so this new classification, like so much of HORSE the band's work is probably parody and/or sarcastic.
[edit] Track listing
- "Seven Tentacles And Eight Flames" – 3:11
- "Cutsman" – 3:51
- "In The Wake Of The Bunt" – 4:18
- "Stabbers Of The Knife, By Kenny Pelts" – 3:02
- "Bunnies" – 3:33
- "Purple" – 4:48
- "Handsome Shoved His Gloves" – 3:23
- "The Immense Defecation of the Buntaluffigus" – 1:23
- "Pol's Voice" – 4:00
- "Big Blue Violence" – 3:14
[edit] Personnel
- Vocals: Nathan Winneke
- Guitar: David Isen
- Keyboards: Erik Engstrom
- Bass: Andy Stokes
- Drums: Jason Karuza
[edit] Notes & Trivia
- The song "Cutsman" refers to the character Cutman who has a pair of scissors on his head, and is part of the Mega Man universe. The sound clips at the beginning and the end of the song are from The 1989 movie The Wizard, starring Fred Savage.
- The synth track to "The Immense Defecation of the Buntaluffigus" is the dungeon theme from The Legend of Zelda.
- "Pol's Voice" is about the yellow, rabbit-like enemy from 'The Legend of Zelda'
- "Big Blue Violence" is quite possibly a nod towards the track in the game F-Zero called "Big Blue".
- The song "Purple" features sound clips from the movie Mulholland Drive.
- "Bunnies" was made into an animation featured on Albinoblacksheep.com
- HORSE the band released the track "Bunnies" for download, but it differes greatly from the version that was released
