R. Borlax

R. Borlax
Studio album by HORSE the band
Released	November 25, 2003 August 21, 2007 (re-released)
Recorded	January 2003
Genre	Nintendocore, post-hardcore
Length	34:43
Label	Pluto Records
Producer	HORSE the band
HORSE the band chronology
Beautiful Songs by Men (2002) R. Borlax (2003) The Mechanical Hand (2005)

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R. Borlax is the debut album by Horse the Band, released in 2003 on Pluto Records. It was re-released in 2007 with two bonus tracks by Koch Records. As with all Horse the Band recordings, the keyboards are used to mimic the 8-bit sound produced by the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Track listing

1. "Seven Tentacles And Eight Flames" – 3:11
2. "Cutsman" – 3:51
3. "In The Wake Of The Bunt" * – 4:18
4. "Stabbers Of The Knife, By Kenny Pelts" – 3:02
5. "Bunnies" * – 3:33
6. "Purple" – 4:48
7. "Handsome Shoved His Gloves" – 3:23
8. "The Immense Defecation of the Buntaluffigus" * – 1:23
9. "Pol's Voice" – 4:00
10. "Big Blue Violence" – 3:14
11. "The Legend of the Flower of Woe" * (bonus track, Re-released version only) - 4:39
12. "Kangarooster 4057" (bonus track, Re-released version only) - 2:13

• Re-recordings of songs previously released on Horse the Band's EPs "Beautiful Songs by Men" and "I Am a Small Wooden Statue on a Patch of Crabgrass Next to a Dried Up Riverbed".
• The track "Purple" opens and ends with short audio samples from the film Mulholland Drive.
• The track "Cutsman" opens with an audio sample from the film The Wizard (film).

Personnel

• Vocals: Nathan Winneke
• Guitar: David Isen
• Keyboards: Erik Engstrom
• Bass: Andy Stokes
• Drums: Jason Karuza