Sure to delight the Amish countywide, Lancaster, PA, sludge outfit Electric Horsemen have been one of those bands I’ve been meaning to check out for a while, seeing their names on fliers for this that or the other in my usual stalkings of bands like Ol’ Scratch, Valkyrie and others whose albums I’d put out if I had the startup costs to get a record label going. Now that I’ve finally heard what I’ve been missing, I’ve got no choice but to boot myself in the ass yet again for hesitating.

In a way, discovering new kickass bands is a hassle, because there’s so much good stuff out there, you’re bound to run out of patience for it. I’m not saying Electric Horsemen are the second coming of Buzzov*en, but they’ve got some killer grooves, some nasty screams and riffs I wouldn’t mind hearing emanate every once in a while from a small plastic disc. Their recently-released split with Count Von Count, for example, would do nicely.

Those in the York area — I happen to know for a fact this site is huge in York, PA (that’s not true) — be sure to catch them at The Depot with Backwoods Payback on Nov. 14. For those of us stuck in the valley, we’ll just have to wait till they head up this way, which if they’re smart will be never.

Dig Electric Horsemen‘s MySpaceifications here.

Tags: Electric Horsemen, Pennsylvania, Unsigned bands

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