“The First Song” by Band of Horses

Band of Horses put "The First Song" on Everything All the Time, their 2006 debut for Sub Pop, and it features the original lineup that made only this one album: Ben Bridwell singing and playing pedal steel, Mat Brooke on electric guitar, Chris Early on bass and Tim Meinig on drums. Bridwell and Brooke had come out of Carissa's Wierd, which broke up in 2003. The music is credited to the band, the words to Bridwell, and Phil Ek recorded, produced and mixed it.

They made the record in the middle of Seattle, and Bridwell has said he first pictured something like ELO, all strings, keyboards and synths, before the band settled on a rawer approach. He has also admitted that the way he sings the words is often meant to mask what they say.

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