BAND OF HORSES / CITY AND COLOUR

Band of Horses is an American rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle, Washington. Led by singer-songwriter Ben Bridwell, who has been the band’s sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes, the band’s current line-up also includes longtime members Creighton Barrett (drums) and Ryan Monroe (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals), alongside Matt Gentling (bass, backing vocals) and Brett Nash (guitar, backing vocals). For ten years, the band’s most stable line-up featured guitarist Tyler Ramsey and bassist Bill Reynolds, who recorded and performed with the band between 2007 and 2017, before acrimoniously departing. To date, the band has released six studio albums: Everything All the Time (2006), Cease to Begin (2007), Infinite Arms (2010), Mirage Rock (2012), Why Are You OK (2016), and Things Are Great (2022), with Infinite Arms being nominated for a Grammy Award in 2011.

The band originally formed after the break-up of Ben Bridwell’s previous band, Carissa’s Wierd. Their debut full-length album, Everything All the Time, was recorded in 2005 and features the band’s original four-piece lineup. The album includes new versions of five of the six songs from their Tour EP, along with five brand new songs. It was a minor hit in Scandinavia, entering the lower reaches of the Sweden and Norway album charts