4.5 superb	Mark Campbell | September 28th 09
1-2-3 H the B, 1-2-3 H the B. HORSE the motherfucking band, motherfucker. Yeah this rules 3 Bumps | Bump

4.0 excellent	Sean Rizzo | November 2nd 09
Funner to listen to than their other albums, much better vocals, more dynamic and flat out awesome moments, better songs, lack of weak songs, immense replayability, perfect and not forced synth. You'd have to be dumb/gay/poor not to buy. 1 Bumps | Bump

4.0 excellent	Erik Bailey | October 16th 09
"Desperate Living" is very entertaining and showcases HORSE at their best. What slows down the album at points is a lack of focus that sends it off in different directions. It's a little bit of a grower, but overall an album that everyone should give time. 1 Bumps | Bump

4.5 superb

EverythingEvil2113 | October 15th 09

Desperate Living is Horse the Band's most focused release to date. It's still pretty quircky and goofy but it seems like a more serious effort for the most part. The synthy nintendo parts are much more prominant than in the past and they really keep the songs interesting. But in all actuality, even if there were no synths this would still be a kick ass album, but the nintendo moments make this more unique than every other post-hardcore or metalcore band out there. The vocals aren't really too different from past releases but I always enjoyed em so that's a plus. All in all this is by far Horses best release so far and probably in my top 5 for 2009. 1 Bumps | Bump

4.5 superb	fromtheinside | October 9th 09
HORSE the band, is greater than you. Get over it. 1 Bumps | Bump

3.5 great

Betermin | October 8th 09

I keep listening to this record and it's growing on me. It's definitely not their best to date. It's not The Mechanical Hand 2. Neither was A Natural Death . It sounds mixed out too raw for it's own good. The vocals need to be better separated from the mix, as does the bass. That being said, the song writing (mostly on Lord Gold's part) is pretty good. I wish the guitar was a little more technical and varied and that the lyrics were a little more original. But the record still has a few gems. I will continue to support HORSE as I have for several years. 1 Bumps | Bump

5.0 classic	sexualsoybean | September 26th 09
HORSE's most serious and technically advanced album so far. Really good stuff here 1 Bumps | Bump

3.0 good

OlDirtyPaule | October 15th 09

Metalcore is probably the genre that needs new influences most desperately. Therefore, HORSE the band's attempt to use quite complex song structures and introduce these electronic "nintendo"-sounds should be generally welcomed ... I mean, who would have expected black metal and singer-songwriter stuff to be compatible before Phil Elverum has proven it? However, the result is quite disappointing and this is even more frustrating, since apart from the electronic sound gimmicks everything else is highly enjoyable - there are dozens of memorable melodies, the songs are most often very interesting due to the uncommon song structures, the guitar play is full of ideas and the clean and shouted vocals are top-notch. I don't know whether "hard" metal and electronica can not be mixed (Fear Factory have done it, i guess, while Waltari failed) or it is just that HORSE the band's limitation to the simple nintendo sounds is responsible, but imho they destroy most of their songs by these annoying parts (listen to the "Science Police", for example). Overall, I rate this a C+ (3.0 stars). Maybe a B- (3.5 stars) would be more appropriate, but this is a still far away from the "B+" (4.0 stars) I would consider for the "pure songs". Bump

0.0	Albus | October 14th 09
This album is REAL GROWER, give it more spins before rate it...as i do Bump

0.0	Ryce | September 29th 09
One of the song titles destroyed a piece of my childhood. Sick record, though. Bump