Christo Graham - Music For Horses [CD]

Music For Horses is a bit of a return to Graham’s 2020 record Turnin’s sensibilities. He had written those songs over a year and recorded them all to tape within a month and took a similar approach with these songs.

Graham had a plan to record a handful of songs at his parents’ cabin over the New Year holiday at the start of 2023 but his TEAC 2340 recorder had other ideas. “This tape machine was saying write, don’t record”… and that was a good tip. Sometimes I’m hasty with that red button and don’t have songs fully shaped before the tape is rolling. I still let that happen musically and I let the moment and the machine be the producer but lyrically, the songs on Music For Horses feel complete and really personal. Which is why I like to think it’s for horses because I didn’t want to be aspiring to anyone else’s standard or taste but my own… so if people don’t like it, it’s a win-win because they get to say it’s not for them and I get to say I told you so.”

Christo plays acoustic and electric guitar, keys, bass, and drums as well as the musical saw, the bass recorder, and the cello on the songs with a few friends lending their talents to harmonies and additional instruments.