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My Heroes Have Always Killed Cowboys
Rock · 2004 · 5 tracks

My Heroes Have Always Killed Cowboys

A Day in Black and White

Angular post-hardcore meeting cinematic post-rock. A volatile mix of quiet, intricate guitar patterns and explosive, throat-shredding emotional releases.

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It's like a post-rock band decided to have a nervous breakdown in a basement.

A volatile mixture of cerebral tension and explosive, uninhibited emotional release.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks
01
Forward/Backward
6:23
02
There Are Objects and Objects
4:23
03
Storming the Bastille
4:37
04
The Gaze
5:25
05
The Illusion of the End
11:25
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden transition from a delicate, clean guitar melody into a wall of distorted screaming and crashing cymbals.
The hypnotic, repetitive bass line that anchors the middle section of the sprawling eleven-minute closing track.
The way the two guitars interlock with jagged, dissonant patterns before aligning for a massive, melodic release.
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