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band made up of Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck. The band took its name from a song of the same name by Bill Callahan.

History

I Break Horses' debut studio album '' Hearts'' was released on 22 August 2011 on Bella Union . The album has garnered favorable reviews. I Break Horses accompanied M83 on an American tour. It accompanied

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on tour in 2013. ''

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'', the band's second album, was released 20 January 2014, followed by an intimate gig at the Village Underground in Shoreditch, London, UK, to a sell out crowd, ahead of their Stateside tour that spring. Their third album, Warnings, released in 2020 was described as Woozy Synthscapes by Phil Mongredien in the Observer.

Critical reception

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'' music critic

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described their music as "heady, sumptuously textured soundscapes", while ''

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'' music critic Ian Cohen comments that they "immerse themselves in homemade shoegaze, the kind that's made by computers for computers. It's an approach and sound that's crossed language barriers for the past 20 or so years as bands strive to approximate '' Loveless'' without the benefit of a label they can bankrupt in the process.". Ibreakhorses4

Discography

Albums

* '' Hearts'' (2011) * ''

'' (2014) * '' Warnings'' (2020)

EPs

* ''Remix'' (2014)

Singles

* "Winter Beats" (2011) * "Hearts" (2011) * "Faith" (2013) * "Denial" (2013) * "I'll Be the Death of You" (2020) * "Death Engine" (2020)

Guest appearances

* Korallreven - "Mantras" and "Ki" from ''Second Comin (2014) *

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+ CSLSX - "The Waking World" from ''

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'' (2016)

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Swedish indie rock groups Swedish shoegaze musical groups Bella Union artists