Desperate Living

Desperate Living is the fourth studio album by Horse the Band, released October 6, 2009, through Vagrant Records. Overview The album sees a departure from the band's reliance on the Nintendocore sound which predominantly defined their earlier records, instead Desperate Living explores more experimental qualities. The bass guitar's role in the music (as well as in the band itself) has been diminished slightly, with the lower registers mainly serving as counters for the guitar and keyboard melodies instead of the rhythm section role of music of their style. The album is also unique in comparison with the band's previous work in that there is considerably more synthesized bass, orchestration, and drum programming featured. Those who purchased the album through iTunes received remixes by the members of Horse the Band's favorite artists and members of the band itself under different identities. The album reached No. 125 at Billboard 200 chart.