News: Friend Club Records Reissues The Rocking Horse Winner’s Horizon on Cassette
As the emo wave surged over the world in the early naughts, Floridians The Rocking Horse Winner carved out a niche for themselves with an infectious mix of indie-pop, rock and roll, and post-rock. Comprised of ex-members of As Friends Rust and Jolie Lindholm (whose voice is near and dear to many of us from her work on Dashboard Confessional’s The Swiss Army Romance), the band released two full-length albums, performed with other titans of the era including Coheed and Cambria, Onelinedrawing, Hopesfall, Sensefield, Brandtson, The Weakerthans and Hey Mercedes, and played Warped Tour and CMJ in 2001 and MacROCK in 2002, CMJ in 2001 and SXSW before parting ways. The latter of their efforts was released on the seminal hardcore label Equal Vision Records, who were just thems...
