“On their second album and first for Run For Cover Records, Horse Jumper of Love perfect their driving slowcore while discarding some of the moping that characterized their self-titled debut. This time around, the Boston trio’s desolation is mostly confined to the dejected guitars, which exude as much angst as a pop-punk chord progression, as much muscle as a metal riff and as much sonic weight as ”
“On their second album, the Boston slowcore trio’s pensive, downtempo rock has grown tighter, clearer, and at times brighter.”
“There are a number of things that can catch the attention of a music journalist. A good story, a big reputation, long and persistent press campaigns, can all lead to the surrender of precious editorial space. Other times, all it requires is a name. And with a name deriving from a Latin phrase that is a few steps down the line of mistranslation, Horse Jumper of Love is most certainly one that deman”
