
YEAR OF THE DARK HORSE
RELEASed on NOVEMBER 11TH, 2022. NORMAL RULES DO NOT APPLY.
“My latest album is a sonic and lyrical journey of one lunar year in one man’s life. Four seasons in 12 songs. Loosely based on my twisted truths and adventures. I wanted to show the seasonal effect on the heart and the mind. I also wanted to abandon, sonically, everything. Escape the acoustic clutches and genres I’ve been associated with and shackled to. I wanted to make my headphones album. Every song bleeds into the next. It’s different from anything I’ve ever done before. Welcome to…
Year Of The Dark Horse.”
– Jake Smith // The White Buffalo
The White Buffalo
“Everyone knows that you can sing…”
For The White Buffalo – aka singer / songwriter / guitarist Jake Smith, Oregon-born, Southern California-raised – it was time to take the less travelled path; to assemble notions for studio album Number 8, the follow-up to ‘On The Widow’s Walk’ (Snakefarm, 2020), and embark on a voyage of discovery.
Out with the old, the organic, the expected, the tried; in with the new – new producer, new studio, new location, no distractions, no looking back…
Enter ‘Year Of The Dark Horse’…
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The White Buffalo: Year of the Dark Horse: Full Length Art Film For New Album, Released!
LOS ANGELES, CA (March 2, 2023) The White Buffalo has released the full-length art film The White Buffalo: Year of the Dark Horse today; watch the film which is based on the new album Year of the Dark Horse in its entirety, HERE. The White Buffalo’s acclaimed new...