R. Borlax
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R. Borlax is the second album by Horse the Band
, released in 2003 on Pluto Records
. It was re-released in 2007 with two bonus tracks by Koch Records
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As with all Horse the Band recordings, the keyboards are used to mimic the 8-bit sound produced by the Nintendo Entertainment System
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HORSE the band
Horse the Band is a band from Lake Forest, California who are best known for their 8-bit Nintendo-influenced sound combined with metalcore. Frontman Nathan Winneke once described their sound as "Nintendocore".-Biography:...
, released in 2003 on Pluto Records
Pluto Records
Pluto Records is a record label started in 1999 by Eric Shirey and Brian Cobbel. Since 2002, it has been owned and operated by Brian Cobbel and based near Dallas, TX. It is primarily known for punk, metal, and hardcore releases, although not exclusively...
. It was re-released in 2007 with two bonus tracks by Koch Records
Koch Records
E1 Music , the primary subsidiary of E1 Entertainment LP, is the largest independent record label in the United States. It is also distributed by the Universal Music Group in Europe under the name E1 Universal...
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As with all Horse the Band recordings, the keyboards are used to mimic the 8-bit sound produced by the Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
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Track listing
- "Seven Tentacles And Eight Flames" – 3:11
- "Cutsman" – 3:51
- "In The Wake Of The Bunt" * – 4:18
- "Stabbers Of The Knife, By Kenny Pelts" – 3:02
- "Bunnies" * – 3:33
- "Purple" – 4:48
- "Handsome Shoved His Gloves" – 3:23
- "The Immense Defecation of the Buntaluffigus" * – 1:23
- "Pol's Voice" – 4:00
- "Big Blue Violence" – 3:14
- "The Legend of the Flower of Woe" * (bonus track, Re-released version only) - 4:39
- "Kangarooster 4057" (bonus track, Re-released version only) - 2:13
- *Re-recordings of songs previously released on Horse the Band's EPs "Beautiful Songs by MenBeautiful Songs by MenBeautiful Songs by Men is the second EP by Horse the band recorded during the summer of 2002. It contains several re-recorded tracks from the original demo, plus some new songs...
" and "I Am a Small Wooden Statue on a Patch of Crabgrass Next to a Dried Up RiverbedI Am a Small Wooden Statue on a Patch of Crabgrass Next to a Dried Up RiverbedI Am a Small Wooden Statue on a Patch of Crabgrass Next to a Dried Up Riverbed is an EP by Horse the Band. It was recorded during Summer 2001 at Love Juice Studios in Riverside, CA...
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Personnel
- VocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
: Nathan Winneke - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
: David Isen - KeyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
: Erik Engstrom - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
: Andy Stokes - DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
: Jason Karuza