LP Review: "Mountain Rabbit" by Roaming Herds of Buffalo

Mountain Rabbit

Let's have some semi-real talk. Dead to real in terms of internet talk. Roaming Herds of Buffalo contacted me for their last album, The Bugbears, but the times didn't match up.

Thankfully, the Seattle-based umm...rock...dream... ambien... well frankly, I don't know what in the hell this band is.

Mountain Rabbit is their sixth release and they're just as strange, just as abnormal as any other band of nutters out there I suppose.

This album is a never ending buffet line of musical styles. I'm reminded of an old friend that I was  nearly in a couple different bands with. He could pick up any instrument near him and play like he'd been at it for years.

At no point during their modern rocking genre romp do Roaming Herds of Buffalo ever sound like they're faking it. When they played heroin rock, dream pop, hard rock, and modern era pop, it sounds as they've played those styles their whole lives.

So, at this point, I'm forced to lay down the gauntlet in the faces of those who people Roaming Herds of Buffalo...

You either need to play your natural style on your next record, or drop some sweet ass Flamenco and Salsa.

Release 10/16/18 FACEBOOK BANDCAMP

Video: "Night Owl" by Roaming Herds of Buffalo

Do you ever have one of those moments where you're like, wait a minute, that's not what it is?

That totally happened to me as I was getting ready to do this post. Like always, what I was about to say wasn't planned. It seemed to me that this band was called The Bugbears which is awesome.

Bugbears are a very underrated D&D monster. They're not even represented in the Capcom side scrolling video games.

Turns out though, the album is called Bugbears and the band is Roaming Herds of Buffalo. Well, honestly it's hard to know what to think anymore.

In the mean time, check them out below and sweep on over to that sweet, sweet bandcamp.