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The Chocolate Horse

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The Chocolate Horse in Ultrasuede Studios with John Curley, May 08.
The Chocolate Horse at SXSW! Click above to see the picts
The Chocolate Horse performs at this years SXSW, 2008, in Austin, TX.
The Chocolate Horse, Nominated for 2 CEA Entertainment Awards 2007
Photo by Scott Beseler, The Northside Tavern, 11.09.07
THE CHOCOLATE HORSE - Patience Works! 12" 180 gram LP with Free CD NOW AVAILABLE
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Photo by Scott Beseler, The Northside Tavern, 11.09.07
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The Chocolate Horse project began in 2005 as Readymaid lead singer Jason Snell’s side-project. Snell wrote and tracked simple 2-minute one-liners with an old acoustic guitar, sometimes a banjo, on a 4-track recorder that only had two working tracks.
Snell shared his slo-core, folk-tronic tunes with ex-Readymaid multi-instrumentalist, and good friend, Andrew Higley. Higley contributed French horn and experimental saw and bow, which lead to a couple small local shows.
Having built a solid set together, the two approached Paul Brumm (Filament, Keynote Speaker). After playing upright bass on early recording sessions, Brumm joined The Chocolate Horse full-time.
After a year and a half of playing shows and recording at the P-Lab (Brumm’s studio) and The Stable (Snell’s studio), The Chocolate Horse have completed their debut vinyl record on Stable Records, "Patience Works!"
Currently the Horse is booking shows to support the LP and rehearsing material for a follow-up, due in January 2008.
The Chocolate Horse is Paul Brumm - upright bass, vocals, guitars, drums, and beat-machines Andrew Higley - French horn, keyboards, piano, saw and bow and trumpet Jason Snell - vocals, guitars, drums, and beat-machines
The Chocolate Horse has performed with
WHY? (Anticon Records)
Heartless Bastards (Fat Possum Records)
Ass Pony’s (A&M Records)
Dismemberment Plan (Desoto Records)
Beauty Pill (Desoto Records)
Jackie-O-Mutherfucker (Jet Set Records)
The Chocolate Horse in Ultrasuede Studios with John Curley, May 08.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/27/2005
Band Website: thechocolatehorse.com
Band Members: Jason Snell + Andrew Higley + Paul Brumm + Johnny Rusza + Joe Klug
Influences: Kraftwerk, Sparklehorse, Squarepusher, Tom Waits, Broken Social Scene, Sufjan Stevens, U.S. Maple, Spurzz, Beck, Why?, Arcade Fire, Bob Dylan, Sam Prekop, Califone, Filament, Bill Hicks, Guided By Voices and many others
Sounds Like: Mojave 3-esque? Fembots meets Sparklehorse? Tom Waits meets Arab Strap?
Record Label: Stable Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Wow, this stuff sounds great!

So, we're finishing our second record at The Stable now, and I cannot be more pleased!We recorded all the bass and drums at Ultrasuede, and finishing up all the overdubs (non-horn/trumpets) In Northsi...
Posted by The Chocolate Horse on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:31:00 PST

Thank you Chicago!

Thank you Chicago for one our greatest turnouts (and record sales!) in a while!You folks are kind, mad energy, and really into music and giving others an ear.We just wanted to say thanks for all the s...
Posted by The Chocolate Horse on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:58:00 PST

The C’Horse, in Chicago this Saturday!

June, 21 2008 at AV/aerie Fulton & Damen, Chicago, Illinois 60622Come out and watch the C'Horse in Chicago...oh, and the Cross Town Chicago Battle is thqat weeekend too, Cubs Vs. Sox, I'll be talking ...
Posted by The Chocolate Horse on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:25:00 PST

PICS FROM ULTRASUEDE...

ULTRASUEDE MAY 08...
Posted by The Chocolate Horse on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:36:00 PST

...Pics from "Taste My Cincinnati..."

Taste My ZINZINASTY...
Posted by The Chocolate Horse on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:35:00 PST

New Pics from Friday...

The C'Horse and The G'Vapours...
Posted by The Chocolate Horse on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:34:00 PST

Ahhhhh, Ultrrasuede...

Aloha!So, a bunch going on right now...in the middle of recording our second record, follow up to "Patience Works!," with John Curley at Ultrasuede, and it is sounding truly badass. I really think th...
Posted by The Chocolate Horse on Sat, 31 May 2008 03:07:00 PST

SHOW w.Black Charlemagne...NST - FRIDAY

We’re playing at 10pm...HOLA!...
Posted by The Chocolate Horse on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:25:00 PST

The C’Horse and Spitfly this Friday!

Come for the C’Horse, stay for the Spitfly!...
Posted by The Chocolate Horse on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:27:00 PST

NEW PICTS FROM SXSW

SXSW w/The Chocolate Horse and Pearlene...
Posted by The Chocolate Horse on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:12:00 PST