The Rocking Horse Winner is a band that comes from Florida and on April 30 they will release their Equal Vision debut album named “Horizon”; behind this weird and long name there is no one but a woman called Jolie Lindholm, who is quite fmous for having sung on the Dashboard Confessional full length albums. And also her band ( made of her and three other guys) plays that kind of indie music, but of course with a female vocals, and I must say that I like it much more than Dashboard, ’cause the voice of this girl is amazing .

“Horizon” is an indie rock album that features only ten songs, but they are all good, no exception: pop bands like The Sundays and Bettue Serveert comes to mind, but as I said the same Dashboard are a quite good comparison to describe what The Rocking Horse Winner play. And I guess that the production of James Paul Wisner, who already worked with As Friends Rust, Further Seems Forver and Chris Carabba’s Confessional, I guess he helped putting out this kind of sunny and positive pop rock sound, a mix of so-called emo and pop, with the use of a lot of instumets as piano, bells, vibes, percussions and of course hand claps. The best songs are for sure “Orange Blossom”, “Miss You”, “Horizon”, “Tomorrow” and “Playing With Lights”, with some lyrics that are all about love, friendship, and youth issues. And I like it.

I think that this band is destined for success and I would not wonder to listen one of their songs on some MTV shows or as soundtrack to some movies, the band fits in perfectly to gain the hearts of a lot of people and music lovers. Of course this might not be as hard as some other Equal Vision bands, but I suggest to check The Rocking Horse Winner out.|carlo@staff.truepunk.com