Horse Lords is not a classic band, but a constantly reconfiguring sound system that has been exploring the boundaries of rock, minimalism and experimental music since 2010.

Born in Baltimore’s fertile ecosystem around noise and outsider art, but always with a broader perspective. Rhythm becomes architecture, microtonality a motor for movement and friction.
In June, ‘Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive!, the new album by Horse Lords, was released. And AB programmer Mich is already enthusiastic about it. His verdict is clear:
‘A great album that Horse Lords have just released. If they wore strange masks and robes with polka dots, the Main Hall would sell out immediately.’

On 16 November they will present their album at AB and there are still tickets!

The press on 'Doctrine Of Love':

• ‘Accompanied by woodwinds and horns and, for the first time, vocals, the Baltimore rock band returns with its prettiest and most welcoming music to date. This is surely the gentlest and prettiest Horse Lords album, and maybe their first to conjure nature’s ceaseless motion instead of the kind found in city blocks.’ – 7.6 Pitchfork 

• ‘On Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive!, Horse Lords’ sixth album since 2012, they introduce another new element: the human voice. This hardly constitutes a shift away from their mathematical inclinations toward pop-oriented accessibility. Evoking both Sacred Harp choral singing and the otherworldly ululations of Meredith Monk, Nina Guo and Evelyn Saylor’s vocal contributions are largely utilised in much the same disorienting way as Bernstein’s blurts of alto sax, and further blasts by guest horn players Madison Greenstone and Weston Olencki throughout.’ – Uncut

• ‘Their work brings together Steve Reich’s minimalism, African polyrhythms, microtonality and just intonation, algorithmic composition and a deep fascination with American folk traditions. Yet despite the complexity of these ingredients, Horse Lords rarely sound academic. Their music operates on a physical rather than an analytical level.’ – The Quietus

• ‘Tight, interlocking rhythms. Raw microtonality etched on the edges of a pitch. Repetition of a phrase until it melts. A palette of guitar, drums, saxophone, and electronics. Freedom found in limitation; wildness unearthed in the frenzy of a really good riff teetering on the edge of explosion.’ – The Road to Sound

• ‘Ces HORSE LORDS sont vraiment joueurs, les voici qui galopent sereins aujourd'hui vers le soleil dans une sorte de rumba congolaises mélangées à un Krautrock étrange, le tout chapeauté par un minimalisme et des voix que n'auraient pas reniées le Philip GLASS de l'époque de 'the photographer' !’ STNT.org