Album Review: Band Of Horses - Why Are You OK

Rather than getting lost in sprawling western vistas, as they could have, Why Are You OK is mostly centred around head-Horse Ben Bridwell finding peace as a family man — songs mostly written in the dark after he's got the kids to bed.

As producer, Grandaddy's Jason Lytle brings out the singer's plaintive scrape of a voice — reflective on Throw My Mess, a little more puzzled on Casual Party. There's other tangents: opening seven-minute meander Dull Times/The Moon stretching and adding some found sounds and spoken words samples — not quite Wilco-esque, but maybe heading that way. It's an album to let seep into you.