Horn of Plenty (album)
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| Studio album by Grizzly Bear | ||||
| Released | November 9, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2002-04 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, indie folk, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, neo-psychedelia | |||
| Length | 48:43 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Now Magazine | link |
| Spin | (B+) link |
| Stylus Magazine | (B+) link |
| PlayLouder | link |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.7/10) link |
Horn of Plenty is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, released on November 9, 2004 on Kanine. Primarily a solo album by founding member Edward Droste, the album also features contributions from future drummer Christopher Bear. In 2006, the band released an EP, Sorry for the Delay, featuring tracks recorded during the same time period.
In 2005, a collection of remixes, Horn of Plenty (The Remixes), was released.
Background
In 2002, Ed Droste began writing and recording material under the moniker Grizzly Bear, following a painful break-up. Droste subsequently wrote and recorded Horn of Plenty, and subsequent EP, Sorry for the Delay, for "catharsis" and recorded it for friends.[1]
In 2006, Droste noted that he and Bear:[2]
| “ | wrote the songs together [...] and my recording technique was also very untrained, so I was doing a lot of really crazy things with vocals which is kinda' why they all sound so fucked up and lo-fi. Everyone was like "So, you must be a really big fan of lo-fi bands A, B, C, etc.," but actually I just didn’t know that much about microphones, and everyone thought it was this real deliberate thing. I was just totally an idiot, getting the levels all wrong, and just like lowering them in other zones and it would be really high pickup on one zone so it would be weird. I dunno', we went in there and tried to fix as much as we could because before it was even more screwed up sounding, it was crazy. | ” |
Regarding his contributions to the album, drummer and backing vocalist Christopher Bear stated, "I basically came into Grizzly Bear after [the album] was already finished. I helped Ed tie up some loose ends with Horn of Plenty, but that record was pretty much all him."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Deep Sea Diver" | 4:47 |
| 2. | "Don't Ask" | 3:28 |
| 3. | "Alligator" | 1:23 |
| 4. | "Campfire" | 4:13 |
| 5. | "Shift" | 2:19 |
| 6. | "Disappearing Act" | 4:24 |
| 7. | "Fix It" | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Merge" | 2:24 |
| 9. | "A Good Place" | 3:18 |
| 10. | "Showcase" | 4:50 |
| 11. | "La Duchess Anne" | 4:20 |
| 12. | "Eavesdropping" | 3:51 |
| 13. | "Service Bell" | 2:00 |
| 14. | "This Song" | 3:39 |
| Total length: | 48:43 | |
Personnel
- Ed Droste - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, percussion
- Christopher Bear - drums, composition, vocals (track 6)
- Jared Barron - drums (tracks 4 and 11)
- Jamie Reeder - violin (track 12)
- Artwork: Edward Droste, Jordan Mattos, Josh Faught, Patryce Bak
References
- ↑ "Grizzly Bear: Soap Opera". SPIN.com. 2009-05-22. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ↑ "An interview with Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear". Brooklynvegan.com. 2006-09-08. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ↑ Litter, Nerd. "Chin up, cheer up: interview with Chris Bear of Grizzly Bear". nerdlitter.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2012.