bitknot

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<b>After a surprise hiatus, the Pittsburgh band makes an even surprisier return.</b> Following the release of their breakthrough second album <i>Girl with Fish</i> in 2023, the Pittsburgh indie rockers feeble little horse went on indefinite hiatus—which makes their sensational third album <i>bitknot</i> a figurative and literal surprise, as it was released with zero prior announcement. If <i>Girl with Fish</i> introduced feeble little horse to a wider audience as left-of-center vanguards in the realm of nu gaze, <i>bitknot</i> blows their sound wide open with strummy alt-rock reveries (<b>“Poison”</b>) and starry-eyed dream pop (<b>“Paris”</b>). Now a trio (Ryan Walchonski departed in 2025), feeble little horse nonetheless sounds as muscular and brimming with ideas as ever. <b>“Dior”</b> opens with the type of serpentine melody associated with fellow Pennsylvanian Alex G before laying on some seriously thick riffage, while several <i>bitknot</i> cuts feature razor-sharp electronic programming, like the gorgeous digital dissolve that closes out album opener <b>“Doorway.”</b>

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