Music Theory Analysis #4 - Horse Lords - "Plain Hunt on Four"

[@thatguywholikeswwe636]

kglw, domi+jd beck AND horse lord is insaneeee keep it up

[@Blacktaboovideo]

[@moka8267]

I was kinda clueless as to how a 17-minute analysis of a song that does the same for 8-minutes could go, but after watching I am absolutely moved. Thank you for this

[@virtual_trobairitz]

great analysis! horse lords is truly a cut above.

[@lwlakksjd]

Underrated band

[@wickedwiseguys774]

I love this band and this song and your analysis makes me love them that much more. There’s so much going on here that belies the song’s (initially) simplistic appearance. Thanks for diving into this!

[@freddiesmith-wright7531]

thank you mate, been thinking about this track out for ages. I thought it was just regular plain hunt

[@autismatic]

Man my brain is fried, this is truely "math rock"

[@zanode]

Awesome video

[@talktokale]

My jaw was on the floor the further you went into breaking it down haha, thank you!

[@ThePopDescriptivist]

I felt the same way when I first managed to figure out what was going on. Glad you enjoyed!

[@kennycotich]

Rhythm=harmony=form

[@ThePopDescriptivist]

Precisely.

[@kennycotich]

Such a great video, thank you. I’m quite literally writing about New Musical Resources and the connection between rhythmic and harmonic proportions. Cowell to Horse Lords.

[@ThePopDescriptivist]

I'm not familiar with that book, but I looked up an overview, and some of Cowell's ideas remind me of the type of rhythmic thinking that Malcolm Braff talks about in his 'General Theory of Rhythm'. Though Braff frequently uses this more as a launch pad for exploring microrhythm - i.e. sliding between different 'harmonics' of beat division. His track 'Crimson Wave' is a good example of this, if you're not familiar with him.

[@owengardner7500]

Could you drop me a line when you’re done with that?

[@corypisano1443]

no hoarse chords here