Nashville-based indie duo Horsebread — Andrew Frazier (bass, keys) and Sam McLeod (vocals, guitar ) — are childhood friends, who have known each other since they were 11. The duo can trace their music careers to playing trumpet and saxophone in a homeschool band.
The Nashville-based duo started Horsebread four years ago, and in that time, they’ve developed a sound influenced by Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Warpaint, MGMT, Mew, Bon Iver and a few others. Thematically, their work explores the pitfalls of relying on institutional promises — and sees them challenging societal norms through thought-provoking lyrics.
The duo’s latest single, the self-produced “Rely” is rooted around a lush and accessible arrangement featuring reverb-drizzled guitar, rolling and propulsive drumming, atmospheric synths and soaring hooks that seemingly channels OK Computer-era Radiohead, Love Is Here-era Starsailor and the like. The duo explains that thematically “Rely” serves as an invitation to question conventions, informed by their diverse religious backgrounds.
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