Bark Hide and Horn

Bio:

.. BARK HIDE AND HORN CALLED IT QUITS IN DECEMBER '09. THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. IF YOU ARE TRYING TO BOOK A SHOW, THANKS FOR THINKING OF US, BUT WE'RE NOT PLAYING ANYMORE. "ANIMAL MIND", A NEW EP OF UNRELEASED MATERIAL, IS AVAILABLE NOW. CHECK OUT SCRIMSHANDER, A NEW BAND WITH EX-BH&H FOLKS.

Bark Hide and Horn is a three-man folk-rock orchestra hailing from Portland, Oregon. With their dynamic, passionate live shows and lush recordings, they are shimmying out on a distinctive limb of the indie-folk family tree. When singer-songwriter Andy Furgeson isn't crooning soft, twangy melodies, he's howling like a fanatical preacher. He fingerpicks or pounds his guitar, then tosses it aside to lay down a scratchy violin melody or gritty loop. Meanwhile, Dusty Dybvig lets loose on the drums. If the song calls for it, Dusty will quiet down with brushes or mallets, or keep the kick-drum going while his fingers work the Rhodes. But left to his own devices, he's an explosive beat machine. Peter Valois locks in on the bass with at once driving and melodic lines, or conjures a soft and eerie air with the vibraphone, glockenspiel, melodica, or synthesizer. His vocal harmonies add a tinge of ‘60s pop or old-time country to the mix. With so many sonic options, the band can shift from plaintive folk to filthy grunge in a heartbeat.

Member Since:

July 07, 2005

Members:

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Dusty Dybvig - drums, percussion, theremin
Andy Anderson Furgeson - guitar, vocals, harmonica, violin, banjo, pedal steel
Peter Valois - bass, vibraphone, vocals, glockenspiel, penny whistle, percussion
(recordings featuring) Brian Garvey - mandolin, keyboard, synth, trumpet, saxophone, trombone, percussion, vocals

Influences:

Harry Smith's 'Anthology of American Folk Music'; 'The Basement Tapes'; Soundgarden; John Cale; the U.S.A.; the bands we've been listening to and playing with lately

Sounds Like:

"When I’m old, bald, limping and gray and writing about the pathetic, hollow nostalgia for Spoon, and The Walkmen, I’ll remember. I’ll remember and I’ll go to the record shelf and Bark Hide and Horn will still have made a damn fine record. I’ll get it out and I’ll sing along to “National Road” and I’ll be very depressed about the direction the world has taken and the sad, sad places I’ve been." -Jose Fritz, Stranded in Stereo

"Bark Hide and Horn’s mix of bombastic trumpet, junkyard percussion, gritty strings, and mystical plinks and plunks give the folk-rock template they work from a serious once-over. By the time their done with your head, you won’t know which way is up, which road to take, and where the time has gone." -Quick Before It Melts

"Their music has the heart and spirit of a gospel choir but—just the same—throws down the shuddery, haunted folk with class and sincerity." -Portland Mercury

"If ants and snails could make music like this; so bursting with desperation, fear, anger, vengence, and sorrow, more people might realize that we'll be sad when they're gone." -Three Benson

Record Label:

Boy Howdy Records