New Album

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EURO RELEASE!

I'm thrilled to announce "I Don't Want to Dream" has been released in the UK and Europe by one of our biggest and earliest supporters, SVC Records!

Other Nice Quotes:

- MP3Hugger.com says "'Little Finland' ranges from the subtle to the beguiling" and that The City & Horses are "the missing link between Teenage Fanclub and a whole host of artists from the Sarah label." I could just hug MP3Hugger!

- Monkey calls "Little Finland" "a little gem" that "starts as Teenage Fanclub and ends as Belle & Sebastian yet has a homespun charm all of its own."

- Cable & Tweed says "Marc Louis is a talented and prolific singer-songwriter with quite a flair for pop and Pro Tools."

- The Spoilt Victorian Child says "It's just stunning how somebody this talented hasn't been signed. Criminal. The worlds gone mad I tell ya!" Oh, Simon!

- Culture Deluxe says The City & Horses are "a sound somewhere between Mercury Rev and Teenage Fanclub, but perhaps a more obvious reference point would be The Velvet Underground". And then they interviewed me.

- SixEyes says "The City & Horses is a catchy, jangly, lo-fi project out of New York from generously talented, and generous, Marc Louis. Listen to the sweet and achy jangle of 'Little Finland' and then get excited when I tell you that the tiny 3 song EP which contains this song is just one of many free downloads written and recorded by Louis over the past ten years."

PRESS!

Some press for the new record :

The Sky Report says I Don't Want to Dream is full of "erudite pop songcraft that’s comfortable without coming off as overbearingly scholarly or too cute to handle, hot potato" and describes the sound as "Pastoral-punk" and "Nerdy-sexy-cool pop music."

Rawk Blog says, “'Little Finland' hits all the right notes: teddy bear lead guitar, wind instruments borrowed from Belle & Sebastian, and wistful lyrics about a girl who’s 'not innocent.' 'Oops, I Did It Again' this ain’t, but you may find yourself dancing anyway."

Indie Rock Cafe says, "The City and Horses is one of the bands to watch in 2009."

Another Form of Relief says "I Don't Want to Dream" is, "one of the most pleasant sounds of the year so far."

EarDrumsMusic says, "I Don't Want to Dream" is a "wonderful album" that's one of the best of 2009 so far.

Hypeful says that "the opening of 'I Love The Girls' has the kind of innocent and offbeat charm that would fit nicely into a Wes Anderson soundtrack."

Das Klienicum says something in German. Hopefully it's nice.

MP3Hugger.com says I Don’t Want to Dream is “a year round pleasure, a gentle stroll that’ll bring some order to your chaotic life. Take ‘I Love The Girls’ for example and realize that life’s simple pleasures has a brand new addition.”

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- In Big Takeover #63, Executive Editor Mick Lewis writes, “I Don’t Want to Dream [kicks] off in grand style with ‘A Thousand Lashes,’ a Kafka-esque curlicue on crimes of passion that is whipped with an irrepressible guitar riff, and visis twee indie pop in ‘Little Finland,’ early dB’s power pop on ‘Russian Military Badges,’ Belle & Sebastian-style self-analysis on the intersection between love and work on ‘Your Father’s Factory,’ and Eastern Bloc emigrants on the clever, charming, and catchy ‘I’ll Marry You (East Beats West).’ This is one City where you needn’t dream of perfect idiosyncratic pop; it’s yours for the taking. Giddy-up!”