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Press Quotes About The Horse Flies: A band that's earned a buzz ... The Horse Flies churn out swirling, addictive songs, blending tradition with invention. Unabashedly cinematic, experimental, and oblivious to the musical trends that have so violently pumped through pop culture's veins since the Ithaca-based group's 1981 inception as a straight-up traditional folk outfit ... without a doubt the greatest "Yankee gothic/northern Appalachian/neo-traditional/college folk-rock" album of 2008 more ... This is music that challenges the brain without sacrificing the groove. The Horse Flies rub your nose in somebody else's weirdness -- and they do it great. Are we having fun yet? ... music of astonishing centrifugal force ... breathtakingly complex rhythms ... unexpectedly rich textures ... stunningly modern ... gravity and grace ... Their ancient, yet modern sound and their easy, seemingly limitless energy make The Horse Flies special. The Horse Flies appeal to both the head and the feet. ... demented, post-modern mountain music ... The Horse Flies have figured out how to hold a hoedown in a physics lab. Could turn out to be the cult band of the year. Brilliantly peculiar ... new music with gnarled and twisted roots. They combine an art-rock intellect with compelling lyrics and bewitching musicianship for a sound that is both surreal and sublime. An entrancing act ... a high tech hybrid with strange and amazing capacities ... part Camper Van Beethoven, part Oingo Boingo and entirely as surreal as a David Lynch movie. I call it weird, wicked, wild and wonderful. File under maverick. A world without the Horse Flies' wholly unique music would be a much, much poorer place. |
