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Hymns for a Dark Horse 2007

folk, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock 42 min 10 tracks Burly Time Records

Hymns for a Dark Horse is an album by Bowerbirds. It is Bowerbirds’ debut album, originally released in July 2007 on Burly Time Records, then reissued by Dead Oceans in expanded form in June 2008 with two bonus tracks.

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Character

Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.

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gravecomic
classical in form

Tracks

1Hooves2:40
2In Our Talons3:53
3Human Hands3:19
4Dark Horse4:33
5Bur Oak5:00
6My Oldest Memory4:31
7The Marbled Godwit4:00
8Slow Down3:54
9The Ticonderoga4:30
10Olive Hearts5:27

10 tracks, 42 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Bowerbirds
Label: Burly Time Records
Released: May 8, 2007
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: US

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