Competition: Band of Horses box sets

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To mark the release of their new single "Dilly" theartsdesk has limited-edition box sets of Band of Horses album Infinite Arms to give away. The box sets have a CD version, a vinyl version and artwork unique to the set. All potential winners have to do is to answer the four questions below, and just to make it easy the answers will be found by following the embedded links.

  1. Band of Horses' latest album is called Infinite Arms, but what is the first song on the album?
  2. Band of Horses' lead singer Ben Bridwell is sometimes compared to Neil Young. What was the title of the last Neil Young album?
  3. Ben Bridwell has also been compared to Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips. Which night did The Flaming Lips headline last year's Green Man festival ?
  4. Ben Bridwell’s hairy troubadours were also on many people’s wish-list for this year's Green Man festival. What sort of beardie did the festival organiser Jo Bartlett tell theartsdesk she wanted to distance herself from?

Just email your answers to quiz@theartsdesk.com, making sure to mark it Band of Horses competition and to leave your name and address so we can get back to you. The lucky winners will be picked out of a hat on Monday 21 Feb. Good luck!

Watch Band of Horses new single, "Dilly", below:

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