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Empty Horses

by Tobin Sprout

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Jesse Mullen
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Jesse Mullen While I knew I would love any album Toby released, I was completely taken aback by how incredible this one is. "The Return" is perfection in 90 seconds, but a complete departure from what we're used to from him. Rather than a short song with a lofi sound, we get a full-bodied americana song filtered through Toby's warm voice and strumming. Honestly my favorite release of the year. Thank you Mr. Sprout xo
Otis Nugatory
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Otis Nugatory Am I the only one out there who, while listening to GBV's "You're Not an Airplane," was thinking, "I want a whole album as moving and lyrically graceful as this 34-second gem"?

Even if I am? My desire's been granted. A perfect melancholy roll-out of mid-American melancholy, painfully right for the times.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Includes unlimited streaming of Empty Horses via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    24 pages of paintings and lyrics by Tobin Sprout, a true collectors piece for fans of Tobin’s music and art.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Empty Horses via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Deluxe Bookback CD + Ltd Edition Print
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Bookback CD + Limited Edition Hand numbered Tobin Sprout Print (edition of 100)

    Includes unlimited streaming of Empty Horses via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • LP + Limited Edition Print
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    LP + Limited Edition Hand numbered Tobin Sprout Print (edition of 100)

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Antietam 03:18
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No Shame 01:57

about

Artist, illustrator, writer and lo-fi innovator, Tobin Sprout was the super-productive partner of Robert Pollard in the legendary Guided By Voices. The gifted songwriter returns with a pensive, expansive part autobiographical new album ‘Empty Horses’. Here he’s part Townes Van Zandt, part John Prine, part Robbie Robertson at his retrospective best.

The album is a meticulously observed study of America and Americana (not the music, but the state of mind). An alternative American Songbook, if you will, a collection of laments to simpler times and the struggle for what’s right, peppered with an examination of faith and the search for a sense of justice. Close up and personal, ‘Empty Horses’ is a poignant carefully etched experience, a rolling journey in modern times, nodding back to tradition, a personal snapshot filled with honesty.

‘Empty Horses’ is released on vinyl LP and also a deluxe bookback CD, beautifully packed with 24 pages of paintings and lyrics by Tobin Sprout, a true collectors piece for fans of Tobin’s music and art.

“The perfect aural encapsulation of melancholy: in turns somnambulant, romantic and all-consuming” Rolling Stone

“Raw, honest and often revelatory” Consequence Of Sound

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released September 18, 2020

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