Horse Jumper Of Love live @ Sled Island 2025, Calgary, Canada (June 21st 2025) [complete set]

Описание: Last year, I had the great pleasure of seeing DIIV on their 'Frog In Boiling Water' tour of North America (   • DIIV live @ First Avenue, Minneapolis MN (...  ). And lucky for me, one of the two opening band's was Boston's slowcore heroes Horse Jumper of Love. In the 90s, bands like Galaxie 500, Codeine, and Bedhead forever cast a spell that could never be broken through glacial tempos, beautiful & quiet restraint, and plenty of negative space. And then Red House Painters would add big open chords that would reverberate into forever. I'd been familiar with HJOL for several years and truth be told, they were one of those bands that I found somewhat infuriating because of their ability to write astonishing music along with other songs that left me a bit cold. When HJOL began sometime in 2013, they started off a bit rough around the edges; with time has come a more stately sound that is both slow and dreamy, with quiet tension, hazy beauty.

Please indulge me with this here tale. When they opened for DIIV (and after Full Body2's excellent shoegaze meanderings as the first band to play that night), I had noticed someone who was wearing an exquisitely hand-decorated long-sleeve HJOL shirt and that was struggling to see the stage properly past all of the bodies in front. I struck up a conversation with dad, who was a real champ for being there with his kid despite not really being particularly into these bands. I honestly had not really thought of recording the HJOL set because I'm always super-paranoid about running out of battery at the worst possible moment. A karmic offering felt like the right thing to do at the time, so I yielded my spot at the front so that they could watch the show properly from a much better vantage point closer to the stage. All I requested was that they had fun during HJOL and let me and my stubby frigging legs back in front for the DIIV set.

It was only a couple of moments into HJOL's incredible set that I knew I would carry the scar of buyer's remorse with me onwards. I very much wished I could turn back the clock, get my spot back so I could record that set! Worse yet, I must have done something awful, because after swearing to do whatever it took to see the band on their tour in support of the spectacular 2024 album 'Disaster Trick', I totally missed that they were playing in Minneapolis on May 27th with Turnover. I had been in Minneapolis the weekend before (PWHL finals) and a couple of days later, for Preoccupations. WTF, Songkick?

So what was I to do? Like a pilgrim with a lifetime worth of sins on a lengthy voyage of atonement, you drop everything and you get thee from Winnipeg to Calgary for their show at Sled Island 2025, that's what. I mean, it was a long drive and the HJOL set was festival-length, so a bit brief. But so very, very lovely. The whole evening excellent. So no complaints, But this badge of honor was definitely well-earned for this indie music traveler...Pleas enjoy!!!!

ps. please go out and see these bands and support them by purchasing their merch!!!
pps. Witch Victim, can u DM me here? working on your video and need the setlist!

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The Set List
00:00:00 (an intro)
00:00:42 (the band takes the stage)
00:01:08 Snow Angel
00:04:31 Today's Iconoclast
00:08:05 Wink
00:11:17 Bagel Breath
00:14:33 Spaceman
00:18:23 Ugly Brunette
00:21:53 Orange Peeler
00:28:59 DIRT
00:33:39 Lip Reader
00:36:19 {encore}
00:36:47 Stray Dog
00:39:29 (end credits)