Natural Part track-by-track
thefader.comA band name like “Horse Jumper of Love“ is so memorable that it’s practically an implied promise; you might expect music that’s dreamlike yet with a passion for human connection unmistakeably drawn from the corporeal realm.
That’s just what the Boston-based indie rock trio have delivered since their formation in 2014, when they began releasing a series of startlingly intimate bedroom demos, songs that faithfully drew from slowcore tropes while incorporating elements of freaky folk, ambient, and shoegaze.
With each successive album — HJOL’s self-titled debut was released in 2016, followed by 2019’s So Divine — the band grew more comfortable in exploring their ambitions.
Natural Part, the third Horse Jumper of Love album, contains some of the most memorable songwriting they’ve ever done: Frontman Dimitri Giannopoulos lets us further into his cozy, elusive lyrical universe, a welcoming atmosphere co-developed by bassist John Margaris and drummer Jamie Vadala-Doran.
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