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Date: Thursday, August 09, 2012
Start Time: 7:00 PM
Event Type: Concerts, Special Events
Last Updated: July 26, 2012
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Brand Newwith Cursiveand An HorseAn HorseAnyone whos ever punched a clock has a work buddy. If youre lucky, they might be a true friend; someone you spend more time talking with than you do with your family, maybe even your partner. Imagine if the two of you had the chance to leave your jobs behind and go on a crazy, incredibly fun, sometimes stressful but ultimately mind-blowing two-and-ahalf-year musical adventure across continents and time zones, racking up accolades from the likes of Rolling Stone,Spin, People and Pitchfork.To the Australian indie-rock duo of Kate Cooper (singer/guitarist) and Damon Cox (drummer/singer), An Horse who went from rehearsing after hours in a Brisbane record store to playing "Camp Out," the single from their 2009 debut, Rearrange Beds, on Late Show With David Letterman making their second album, Walls, isnt just a chance to set the agenda for their next phase. Its also an opportunity to reflect on the fantastical journey that has carried them here, a pipe dream made thrillingly real."We'd worked in the record store together for a couple of years and talked every day even on days off mostly about music and film, which we continue to do every day now." says Damon. "After listening to music all day together at work for two years, we had a really clear idea of what we liked and disliked musically." That bond was the backbone of Rearrange Beds; after two years of relentless touring, though, including stints out on the road with Tegan & Sara, Death Cab For Cutie, Cage the Elephant, Silversun Pickups and The Big Pink, An Horse had become a different animal altogether.Cooper, like Cox, is frank in her assessment of their earlier album. "With Rearrange Beds, we made a record of two people learning how to play together. I don't think you can hear that on the album per se, but that's what it was." This time, the pair decided to make a record that reflected their bond not just as music aficionados, but as musical collaborators. "Walls was really deliberate," Kate explains. "We had hundreds of shows under our belt and we had figured out how to play off each other."Regrouping in Vancouver after recharging their batteries in their respective homes Cooper in Montreal, Cox in Melbourne An Horse brought in Howard Redekopp (who has lent his sonic wizardry to The New Pornographers and Tegan and Sara as well as An Horse Redekopp mixed Rearrange Beds) to produce the album. Now the duo would figure out how to play off the studio, too. "We had many lengthy discussions with Howard before we arrived in Vancouver to record," says Damon, "and did five days of pre-production pulling the songs apart, putting them back together, throwing some songs away and even creating new ones which is something we'd never had the luxury of doing."