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' debut album ''

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'', which was released on March 21, 2006.

History

The song was released as a single in August 2006 in the US. While the single failed to chart, it remains one of Band of Horses best known songs. It is the third most performed song by the band, after "The General Specific" and " The (Billion Day) Funeral", respectively."Band of Horses setlist statistics"
''setlist.fm'' The song isn't actually about the

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, but about Lake Murray, a reservoir in Ben Bridwell's home state of

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. He explained, "A lot of the imagery is about South Carolina, combined with some incidents we heard about from some hilarious fuck-ups we knew from

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."John Schacht
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'' Creative Loafing Charlotte'' - September 13, 2006 An earlier version of the song was among the six lo-fi demos that appeared on the band's self-titled EP. Interest in that EP led to fellow South Carolina native Sam Beam of

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offering Band of Horses the support slot on his tour.

Music video

The music video for the song shows band members Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett and Rob Hampton playing in a softball match. Neither Barrett or Hampton were members of Band of Horses when the song was recorded, but joined soon after the release of ''Everything All the Time.''

Personnel

*Ben Bridwell - Vocals, guitar *

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- Guitar *Chris Early - Bass guitar *Time Meinig /

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- Drums

References

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