Posted on: June 23, 2012 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Having just wrapped up a major North American tour a few weeks ago, supporting M83 and playing their first ever U.S. headlining shows, the Swedish band I Break Horses is pleased to announce a Fall tour that will include festival stops at FYF Fest in LA and ATP in New Jersey and will include shows with Purity Ring and John Maus.    

  

Bio:

Allow us to introduce you to the beguiling world of I BREAK HORSES, the nom de plume of Maria Lindén and her musical partner Fredrik Balck. Residing in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, the duo have been meticulously crafting the nine incredible tracks that make up debut album Hearts throughout stolen moments gathered up over the past two years.

 

The task of capturing the sonic density of Lindén’s compositions was painstaking, while Balck’s lyrics, constantly teasing the senses, are at times insular and cold to the touch. It’s only when interpreted by Maria’s gorgeous vocals that a warmth is added, like the first rays of sun on a winters morning.

 

Although heavily (and openly) influenced by My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Jesus & Mary Chain et al – Hearts is far from an exercise in typical shoegaze fayre. Maria, waif-like and unassuming in person, is transformed on record to sound 10 feet tall. And, perhaps where certain contemporaries would hypnotize the listener into their world by sheer volume alone, I Break Horses lock firmly onto the very thing that makes each and every one of us ‘tick’: our pulse. Our Hearts. The common thread that links the nine songs together; always present, always beating – the album’s strength and presence guided entirely by it.

 

Coupled with with Lindén’s vocal, a seductive Scandinavian croon that’s bathed in an ocean of reverb and tremelo, Hearts is quite the sonic experience. It can’t be defined via a few meagre adjectives or genre classifications; you have to live it, live inside it. It will soak you up, embrace you and give back what you put in…

 

 

I BREAK HORSES
09/02 Los Angeles, CA FYF Festival

09/03 San Francisco, CA The Independent *

09/05 Seattle, WA Neumos #

09/06 Portland, OR Doug Fir *

09/07 Garden City, ID Visual Arts Collective

09/08 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court

09/09 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge

09/11 Dallas, TX The Prophet Bar

09/12 Austin, TX Mohawk

09/14 Lawrence, KS Jackpot Saloon

09/15 Saint Louis, MO Firebird

09/16 Louisville, KY Zanzabar

09/17 Chicago, IL Schubas

09/19 Toronto, ON Drake Hotel

09/20 Montreal, QC Casa del Popolo

09/21 Boston, MA TT The Bears

09/23 Asbury Park, NJ ATP

 

* = w/ John Maus

# = w/ Purity Ring

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