Stockholm, Stockholm municipality, Stockholms lan, Sweden (2008 - present)
Bio
The male/female duo, I Break Horses, are the nom de plume of Maria Linden and her musical partner Fredrik Balck. The pair named themselves after a Smog song.
As befitting a band as studiously aloof as they are they don’t go the whole hog and decorate their Moog synthesisers with tinsel and elfin lead singer Maria Linden is (perhaps unreasonably) not sporting a green jumpsuit/hat combo.
Despite the fact lead singer/songwriter Maria Linden comes out looking something like the Wicked Witch of the West, or maybe Batgirl (which comes off as slightly corny, especially when she lifts her hands to her side during songs, really giving the appearance of a superhero cape), I Break Horses put on a grea
It's something you couldn't get away with as a larger band, but highlights just what makes I Break Horses vitally different, and possibly offers a reason why their latest album is dividing critics.