If I Break Horses’s third album holds you in its grip like a great film, it’s no coincidence. Faced with making the follow-up to 2014’s plush Chiaroscuro
, Horses’s Maria Lindén decided to take the time to make something different, with an emphasis on instrumental, cinematic music.
That album is Warnings
, an intimate and sublimely expansive return that, as its recording suggests, sets its own pace with the intuitive power of a much-loved movie. And, as its title suggests, its sumptuous sound worlds – dreamy mellotrons, haunting loops, analogue synths – and layered lyrics crackle with immersive dramatic tensions on many levels.
Tracklist:
1. Turn 2. Silence 3. l a r m 4. I'll Be the Death of You 5. d e n l i l l a p å s e a v l y c k a 6. The Prophet 7. Neon Lights 8. I Live at Night 9. Baby You Have Travelled for Miles Without Love in Your Eyes 10. Death Engine 11. a b s o l u t a m o l l p u n k t e n 12. Depression Tourist
