The Horse Latitudes collects The Promise Ring’s early singles: Watertown Plank, Falsetto Keeps Time, and the split with Texas Is The Reason (which includes fan favorite “E. Texas Ave.”) were all released prior to their first full-length, 30º Everywhere (the final two tracks were previously unreleased). “Watertown Plank,” the group’s first released song, is far more than a mere historical curiosity, and easily holds its own among the better songs on 30º. There’s nothing groundbreaking about this collection, but it does provide a good barometer for their later material: much like contemporaries Braid or The Get Up Kids, this band moved quickly from poorly-produced, unfocused (and sometimes silly) songs to tight, shimmering pop gems in just a few short years, and it all started here.