Horse Jumper of Love is a trio hailing from Boston, USA, who’ve just delivered a debut album of the same name, and one that is described in their own words as “slow rock” where guitars are set to shoegaze and the song lyrics are intimate and honest. With the band being in their teens and early twenties, there is a sense of experience both in terms of their appearances and most certainly in terms of their sound, where the latter category you can hear references to 90s indie bands such as Duster, Moose and Silver Jews. That’s not to say that Horse Jumper of Love is in any way antiquated, but one that contains a wiser head and used to great effect here. There is a deep-seated emotional sadness and frustration attached to this long player that drips from the pores found in their own personal history, and one that is associated with opening track, ‘Ugly Brunette’, where the sound really gives the impression of aching from the inside out via the hazy and fuzzy guitars and Dimitri Giannopoulos mumbled vocal. The intriguingly named ‘Bagel Breath’ rhythmically stumbles along, highlighting the low self-esteem of the song’s narrative, before taking a more melodic and structured turn via the compelling ‘Spaceman’. With the contents of this album often retaining a minimalist approach where less is certainly more, Horse Jumper of Love adheres to the ethics of the DIY underground scene where they have built their reputation to date. But it’s in the lonely isolation of such numbers as ‘DIRT’ where you will find the heart and soul of this band, and it is one you may never recover from such is the close-to-the-bone honesty expressed here. Truly a band to savour, Horse Jumper of Love will break a million hearts.