On their debut release Pale Horse & Rider reaches back into the fertile hotbed of country music circa-1940 & emerges with some of the most catchy & classic sounds this side of the Big River. A quiet hoedown of banjos steel-string guitars & vocal harmonies These Are the New Good Times is a poignant & powerful example of bare-bones country folk. Jon DeRosa is the man behind Pale Horse & Rider though he may be better known for his work with drone-pop hybrid Aarktica. Still ov.