feeble little horse

Lady with Fish

Saddle Creek

Aug 08, 2023
Internet Unique

By Andy Steiner

The very first thing that you simply would possibly hear about feeble little horse is the title of the band—humorous, unserious, and a deeply twenty first century stage of lowercase. The second factor you’ll hear about them is that they strongly rep the DIY indie music neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Positive, that’s not particular to feeble little horse. Loads of indie rock artists emerge from their native scenes. However only a few handle to take the looseness of being their city’s favourite band and put it onto the recording tape.

That’s the place feeble little horse excels. Their second album, Lady with Fish, performs like a band simply completely satisfied to be on the invoice for a gig, with out coming throughout as slack or bored. It’s each scrappy and meticulously made, a difficult stability that feeble little horse executes with confidence.

Lady with Fish is brief. Its songs are mini-sing-alongs of sarcasm. They roll by means of tasteful eyerolls like “Steamroller, you fuck such as you’re consuming” and “Do I make you cringe on-line?” The album by no means feels bitter, regardless of the unsavory and unfulfilling folks it describes. It’s nonetheless lighthearted. Feeble little horse saunter by means of vignettes of longing and disappointment with a silliness and no-fucks-given perspective.

The band’s guitarists Sebastian Kinsler and Ryan Walchonski fill every tune with gritty, pedal-ed out murk. Lydia Slocum’s vocals are dry and informal. However all this casualness and fuzzy distortion by no means makes these songs aimless or ethereal.

Feeble little horse rise above the DIY pack as a result of there’s all the time one thing to seize onto in these songs: a blast of shoegaze guitar, a passing melodic line. “She’s 5 foot one, you’re six foot 5,” Slocum sings on a verse in “Freak” like a bit of ditty. It’s a miniature second on a miniature album, however it’s well positioned and immediately memorable. It’s the magic of a band with infectious chemistry: they take their native present to a large viewers, however it by no means feels prefer it’s not at dwelling. (www.feeblelittlehorse.com)

Creator score: 7/10