Who are Feeble Little Horse?

Feeble Little Horse are a 4-piece indie shoegaze/noise rock band based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Their defining quality is their intense musical style, that ranges anywhere from high-pitched synths added onto layered instrumentalism or overblown guitars playing repeating melodies that kick their way directly into your ear. Like traditional shoegaze and noise rock, their instrumentalism creates an atmosphere inside of each song and often overlays on top of or drowns out the voice of the singer.

Feeble Little Horse kicked off their career with their first release, “Modern Tourism,” in May of 2021; the 10-track EP was filled with 6 original songs, 1 cover by Gaadge, and 3 covers of other artists. The EP cemented their unique style, yet played into a lot of different sounds that they were able to experiment with. Since then, they’ve released “Hayday” in 2022, “Girl With Fish” in 2023, “This is Real” (a single) in 2025, and now “Bitknot” in 2026.

What is Bitknot?

“Bitknot” is a shoegaze/noise rock album themed around a lot of different ideas, from consumerism to connection. There’s actually a very strong rundown given on the description on the “Bitknot” Bandcamp album page, including a reasoning for the name and cover of the album. According to the description, the album’s name and cover came from the idea of bits in computers, strung together through wires like knots, as a form of connection. 

Apparently, it was at one point considered for the album to be titled “DMT” after the final track of the album (which stands for “death, money, and tech,” one of the core themes of the album). There’s a running meaning throughout the album about the idea of being “harvested” for money and being pulled into a consumer economy as an American ideal. A lot of interesting metaphors. I recommend giving a read to the Bandcamp description.

Review

After listening to the album four times, I’m giving this album a solid 5 stars out of 5 stars. It’s an incredibly triumphant return for Feeble Little Horse after 3 years away without a new release, and I firmly believe it will become a staple (at least for me) in the wider shoegaze and noise rock genres. After all, “Girl With Fish” and “Hayday” have been stuck on repeat for me for 2 years. 

This album is incredibly fun, with the loud overblown sound being an incredible gourmet sensory meal that falls in line with the rest of Feeble Little Horse’s work. The execution and production on this album is incredible, and you can understand every instrument and vocal even with how much sound is going on. It’s sensory overload in the best manner, and I can find myself listening to “Bitknot” on repeat for days.

In terms of what it means, this album will stick with me. I’m still not confident in what it all is designed to say (as art is so interpretable), but I find myself intrigued by the metaphors and lyrics that the band use to state their ideology and thought process. 

I can only imagine that watching a live performance of this album would be an incredible experience, and I’m hopeful to see them play live in July. “Bitknot” and Feeble Little Horse are bound to become staples of my 2026 music listening.

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This chart is a showcase of the albums I listened to the most this month. To create it, I used Topsters 3 alongside the .fmbot application Discord to see my most listened to albums for the month (as Last.fm does not allow you to see your monthly report without Premium). The ranking of each album is determined by how many track plays I got for it within the month; or, the amount of tracks I individually played from the album.

I explored a lot in May and expanded my music taste. This month, I listened to (for the first time) Wilco, Burrrn, Blackwater Holylight, Forth Wanderers, PC Worship, Makthaverskan, Nine Inch Nails, Courtney Barnett, and so many others. A lot of the albums not highlighted on this chart have around 10 track plays each, so they would not have been able to show up on the chart no matter what (considering the top 9 have above 27 track plays each).

For the next part, I’m going to talk about each album that showed up here and why it’s on the chart.

“Bitknot” – Feeble Little Horse

Okay okay, yes, I did listen to “Bitknot” at least 5 times, and I’m proud to admit that. This new album came out in late May, and I listened to it on repeat not only for the purpose of writing a review on it but also because I was enjoying it that much. I’ll admit, this album is pretty great, and I’m not surprised it took the top of my chart with 87 track plays.

If you want to know more about “Bitknot” then you should check out my album review on it.

 “Songs for the Deaf” – Queens of the Stone Age

“Songs for the Deaf” is a classic. It’s not particularly innovative in any way, but it’s a unique album filled with radio references. Mostly, it’s a fun album that I could listen to on repeat without getting bored. I got 48 track plays for this album, probably because I was listening to it when doing just about anything else. It’s a fun album, I don’t really have anything else to say.

“My New Band Believe” – My New Band Believe

“My New Band Believe” is the debut album of My New Band Believe, lead by Cameron Picton (formerly of Black Midi). It’s a really great art rock album and it was released in April, but I first listened to it this month. I got 47 track plays on the album this month, and I found myself enjoying each listen.

This is also an album I’ll be putting on my top releases of the year list when I get to that later this year. I greatly enjoy the work of Black Midi and so far I’ve been enjoying the recent projects of the former members. It’s great to see musicians like Cameron Picton put together their skill with new members on these new projects, and I’m excited for more releases from My New Band Believe.

“Bleeds” – Wednesday

“Bleeds” needs no introduction, but I’ll give you one anyway. Wednesday is local to NC, and they’re an amazing band. I’m a recent fan, but “Bleeds” was my first exposure to Wednesday earlier this year. The main reason it showed up on this chart was actually because I picked up the CD release at Nice Price Books and Records, so I added the album to my digital library and listened to it a few times.

I love “Bleeds,” and it’s probably going to keep showing up on my monthly charts. I got 42 track plays for it this month, and I’m sure I’ll be relistening to it in June (or some other Wednesday album), meaning it will definitely show up on my chart for the year.

“Racing Mount Pleasant” – Racing Mount Pleasant

Back in 2024, my friend DJ Mithrax introduced me to an album titled “Grip Your Fist, I’m Heavenbound” by a band named Kingfisher. At the time, I found this to be an incredible album, and it’s one I still love today. Now, Kingfisher is officially “Racing Mount Pleasant,” and in 2025 they released their self-titled debut album under the new band name. 

Admittedly, I hadn’t really listened to it yet as of this May, but on the first listen to the new album I was awestruck. I totalled 33 track plays from the album over the course of the month, which was equivalent to listening to the album about 2 times. This is a new staple in my music library, and I’m very happy I finally took the time to listen to it.

“Imaginal Disk” – Magdalena Bay

“Imaginal Disk” was my introduction to Magdalena Bay last year, over a year after its release, and it’s been at the top of my charts probably every month now. It’s so catchy and fun and I could listen to it over and over again, which is probably the intention. I got 32 plays for it this month, which is the equivalent of playing it twice and listening to two of the songs individually.

“I Heard That Noise” – Quickly, Quickly

“I Heard That Noise” is an 11 track indie folk/pop album, and this is a new one for me. Quickly, Quickly is not an artist I had heard of until recently, but I was doing some exploration just by clicking the recommended albums at the bottom of a few albums I was listening to, which took me from Racing Mount Pleasant to Quickly, Quickly. Funnily enough, I quickly, quickly fell in love with the sound on display for this album. Totalling at 31 plays, I listened to this album probably twice this month, and I really enjoyed both listens.

“Buried Wish” – PC Worship

One day as I was scrolling around Nice Price Books and Records on Hillsborough Street I saw a vinyl with an orange sticker on it, claiming that the vinyl was from “the greatest rock ever.” That’s high praise for a band, so I took my shot, and I enjoyed it. While not one of my favorites of all time, Buried Wish is a fun and unique rock album with a lot of noise (something that I love). I got 27 track plays for it after listening to it twice this month.

“Still There’s a Glow” – Sweet Pill

Sweet Pill is a band I’ve known about for a long time (I included them in a punk playlist way back in 2023), and a band I’ve always enjoyed. Surprisingly, though, I didn’t realize they released a new album earlier this year! “Still There’s a Glow” was new to me this May (thanks Slim Chino) and I’ve really enjoyed it. I got 27 track plays for it this month, which equates to listening to it probably twice.

I really like this one. Sweet Pill is an emo/pop punk band from Philadelphia, and their first album “Where the Heart Is” found its way to me 3 or 4 years ago by a chance accident when I was listening to punk music. I don’t know if I ever gave it a full listen back then, but I enjoyed several of the tracks from it and I still like it to this day. “Still There’s a Glow” is a pretty incredible follow up, keeping the loud and boisterous pop punk from the first album and kicking it up a notch with some new (as far as it feels) hardcore influence that gives a heavier feel. It’s fun and I could get way more of it.

Keep spinning

There, now you’ve seen my spins for the last month. I’ll be back next month with even more, so keep a lookout. I’m already getting a gauge on a few of the artists, so I know my next chart will be pretty great.

Keep spinning, 
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