Jason Snell + Andrew Higley + Paul Brumm + Johnny Rusza + Sharon Udoh + Dave Cahill
Influences
Kraftwerk, Sparklehorse, Squarepusher, Tom Waits, Broken Social Scene, Sufjan Stevens, U.S. Maple, Spurzz, Beck, Why?, Arcade Fire, Bob Dylan, Sam Prekop, Califone, Filament, Bill Hicks, Guided By Voices and many others
Sounds Like
Mojave 3-esque?
Fembots meets Sparklehorse?
Tom Waits meets Arab Strap?
The Chocolate Horse
“Patience Works!”
STA - 001 (available on vinyl, CD, and MP3) Bar Code UPC: 859700241271
The Chocolate Horse project began in 2005 as Readymaid lead singer Jason Snell’s side-project. Snell wrote and tracked simple 2-minute one-liners with an old acoustic guitar, sometimes a banjo, on a 4-track recorder that only had two working tracks.
Snell shared his slo-core, folk-tronic tunes with ex-Readymaid multi-instrumentalist, and good friend, Andrew Higley. Higley contributed French horn and experimental saw and bow, which lead to a couple small local shows.
Having built a solid set together, the two approached Paul Brumm (Filament, Keynote Speaker). After playing upright bass on early recording sessions, Brumm joined The Chocolate Horse full-time.
After a year and a half of playing shows and recording at the P-Lab (Brumm’s studio) and The Stable (Snell’s studio), The Chocolate Horse have completed their debut vinyl record on Stable Records, "Patience Works!"
Currently the Horse is booking shows to support the LP and rehearsing material for a follow-up, due in fall, 2009.
The Chocolate Horse is
Paul Brumm - upright bass, vocals, guitars, drums, and beat-machines
Andrew Higley - French horn, keyboards, piano, saw and bow and trumpet
Jason Snell - vocals, guitars, drums, and beat-machines
Johnny Ruzsa - flute, percussion
Sharon Udoh - keyboards and vocals
Dave Cahill - percussion
The Chocolate Horse has performed with
WHY? (Anticon Records)
Heartless Bastards (Fat Possum Records)
Ass Pony’s (A&M Records)
Dismemberment Plan (Desoto Records)
Beauty Pill (Desoto Records)
Jackie-O-Mutherfucker (Jet Set Records)
The Chocolate Horse in Ultrasuede Studios with John Curley, May 08.
