On Tuesday, April 14th, the indie rock group Band of Horses played at the Fillmore in Philadelphia, celebrating 20 years of their first album which came out in 2006 (on Sub Pop), ‘Everything All The Time’. They released a deluxe version of the record a few weeks ago. The band formed in 2004 in Seattle, Washington, led by singer-songwriter Ben Bridwell and featuring different people playing in the band alongside him over time. There was no opener for the show.
The show consisted of the band playing 2 sets; the first was the album from 2006 in full in order, and the second was other songs from the their extensive catalog (they have five other albums). The show started with Ben sitting down playing pedal steel, playing opening track ‘The First Song’ and it was somewhat subdued but sounded great. A highlight of this set was definitely ‘The Funeral’, an anthemic and memorable jam.
Ben apologized to the audience as he was fighting a bad cold and acknowledged his voice was a little different for this set, being somewhat rough and sounding weaker than usual. The show was still good despite this and the band was on point.
The second set started off strong with a hit from their 2007 album ‘Cease To Begin’, ‘Is There A Ghost’ . They then played a full set of other material, including an unreleased new song. They also played ’No One’s Gonna Love You’ another standout, and a few songs from other albums. Despite the frontman being a little sick, it was a sweet and nostalgic night and great to spend an evening with Band of Horses.
Photos by Jay Leiby
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