(Cover art by Kathy Callahan ) Rochester, MN's Dylan Hilliker normally spent his days managing bands ( Why Not , Gully Boys ) and putting together the yearly Rockchester music festival. However, without the ability to host live shows or for bands to tour, Hilliker found himself drawn into music in a different way. Over the spring and summer of 2020, he picked up his guitar again and started writing. Time spent processing our universal isolation translated into The Great Pause , Hilliker's debut album under the Horse Tornado moniker; "Make the Bend" is our first taste. This technically isn't a new project — Hilliker dumped six years' worth of demos on the Horse Tornado Bandcamp page in 2018. But "Make the Bend" marks a much more focused and deliberate launch. Local friends from Greentop , Why Not, and Hilliker's old band Dystonia contribute across the record, with songwriter Zach Zurn handling the production. "Make the Bend" starts inn...