{"id":840,"date":"2010-04-27T01:54:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T01:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/?p=840"},"modified":"2026-06-27T01:56:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:56:05","slug":"band-of-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/?p=840","title":{"rendered":"Band of Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

 <\/strong>April 2010, 40 Watt, Athens, Ga.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Six songs into the set, Band of Horses lead singer Ben Bridwell strapped on a UGA baseball cap, sporting a wild smile on his face. Bridwell told of his love for Georgia Bulldog football a couple of years ago in a Pitchfork interview, and here he was, knee-deep in Bulldog country. \u201cWe\u2019ve been wanting to play this place for a long time and we\u2019re finally here,\u201d he told the enthusiastic crowd. \u201cGo Dogs!\u201d<\/p>\n

In a thrilling set which lasted almost two hours, Bridwell and the boys lit up the Watt with their infectious songs and attitude. Playing a series of selections from their album Infinite Arms<\/em>, the band also cherry-picked top songs from its first two albums and threw in a couple of covers for good measure.<\/p>\n

Bridwell opened the set on the sit-down steel guitar, playing new song \u201cEvening Kitchen\u201d followed by \u201cThe First Song\u201d from 2006\u2019s excellent Everything All the Time<\/em>. Soon to follow were \u201cIs There a Ghost\u201d and \u201cThe Great Salt Lake,\u201d which quickly sent the crowd into mass movement. In a display of the looseness of the night which was shared by all, Bridwell and keyboardist Ryan Monroe were out of sync at the start of \u201cMarry Song,\u201d which they had to start twice and carefully traipsed through. It was a telling moment, showing a band having a good time and not worrying so much if everything didn\u2019t sound just right. I\u2019ve seen some bands afflicted by this at the Watt (I\u2019m looking at you BRMC) and it ruined the show for everyone.<\/p>\n

Band of Horses just rolled with it. The crowd loved them for it.<\/p>\n

Other selection included \u201cOde to the LRC,\u201d \u201cWeed Party,\u201d \u201cCompliments,\u201d \u201cNorthwest Apartment,\u201d a cover of J.J. Cale\u2019s \u201cThirteen Days\u201d and of course \u201cThe Funeral,\u201d the band\u2019s most recognized song which put the crowd in orbit, if just for a moment. The band returned for an encore (helped along by a Tomahawk Chop chant from the crowd) of \u201cOur Swords\u201d and a cover of Yo La Tengo\u2019s \u201cSugarcube\u201d. Bridwell said being in the Watt reminded him of seeing Archers of Loaf there, but said he wasn\u2019t even thinking of playing one of their songs.<\/p>\n

It took a while for the Band of Horses to hit Athens, but they did with a lasting blow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 April 2010, 40 Watt, Athens, Ga. Six songs into the set, Band of Horses lead singer Ben Bridwell strapped on a UGA baseball cap, sporting a wild smile on his face. Bridwell told of his love for Georgia Bulldog football a couple of years ago in a Pitchfork interview, and here he was, knee-deep in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[45,109],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","tag-40-watt","tag-band-of-horses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":841,"href":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions\/841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abandonedcouches.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}