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The Mechanical Hand

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Released
  
April 22, 2005

Length
  
50:08

Artist
  
Horse the Band

Label
  
Combat Records

Recorded
  
January 2005

The Mechanical Hand (2005)
  
Pizza (EP) (2006)

Release date
  
20 September 2005

Producer
  
Matt Bayles

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Genres
  
Nintendocore, Post-hardcore, Hardcore punk

Similar
  
Horse the Band albums, Post-hardcore albums

Horse the band birdo


The Mechanical Hand is the third studio album by Horse the Band, released in 2005 through Combat Records. Music videos were released for the songs "Birdo", "A Million Exploding Suns", and "Lord Gold Throneroom". This is the band's first release with bassist Dashiell Arkenstone and drummer Eli Green.

Contents

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Track listing

All lyrics written by Nathan Winneke; all music composed by Horse the Band.

Personnel

  • Nathan Winneke – vocals
  • David Isen – guitar
  • Erik "Lord Gold" Engstrom – keyboards
  • Dashiell "Dash" Arkenstone – bass
  • Eli Green – drums

    • Allusions

  • The title "Birdo" is taken from the video game character Birdo, who debuted in the Nintendo game Super Mario Bros. 2. The intro of the song is an audio clip from the animated film The Hobbit. The song is mostly inspired by Nathan's treatment by his stepfather. There was a video made for the song, in which the band play next to a grade school stage, while kids put on a play entitled "HORSE the play" where they also make reference to other songs on the album. Some people, in online forums, have criticised Irish rock band Snow Patrol, for their video "Signal Fire", made two years later, in which the band similarly plays while a grade school play is in progress.
  • "A Million Exploding Suns" is a reference to the Marvel comic book character The Sentry. The song also features a keyboard rendition of part of the first level theme song from the game Bionic Commando.
  • "The House of Boo" holds reference to the stage and home of the ghost characters, Boos, in several of the Mario video game series titles. It also includes the score used in the games. The song itself is actually about Nathan's childhood, and an incident involving someone breaking into his home, and the resulting trauma.
  • The title of the album gives reference to the Mechanical Hound in the novel Fahrenheit 451. The Phoenix on the album cover is also a reference to the Phoenix Crest, worn by the future firefighters in the novel.

    • Songs

    1Birdo3:22
    2A Million Exploding Suns4:04
    3Manateen5:07

    References

    The Mechanical Hand Wikipedia
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