The echoing Band of Horses sound doesn't sound quite as gripping as before. But, alas, that's okay. It's the noticeable dropoff in songwriting that drags this album down a notch from previous efforts.
Band of Horses has never been about brilliant songwriting ("When I lived alone/Is there a ghost in my house?"). But there are some definite duds on Infinite Arms: "I had a dream that I was your neighbor about to give birth/And then everything was really hurt" ("Infinite Arms"), "I thought about you and a candy bar/The Now and Laters now that I've got stuck between my teeth" ("Factory"), "I put a bullet in my Kia Lorenzo/A kitchen knife up to my face" ("Laredo").
"Laredo" is still a really quality song, and the album could have used more of it.
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