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Looking (and often sounding) as though they’ve been sent directly from central casting, the psych-folk octet Feathers originate from the same fertile New England climates that generated the wayfaring likes of Tower Recordings and the MV & EE Medicine Show. The arrival of their debut album on Devendra Banhart and Andy Cabic’s Gnomonsong label has not gone unheralded, since the group have built a promising reputation through their guest appearances on Banhart’s Cripple Crow and opening for such acts as Sufjan Stevens, Dinosaur Jr. , and Smog. In addition, Feathers’ Kyle Thomas and Asa Irons perform alongside J Mascis in the sweet-leaf metal combo Witch, an outfit whose recent debut provides this ethereal album with a valuable textual counterpoint.
Home recorded and originally self-released on vinyl, the music on Feathers exists largely in the bucolic countryside previously occupied by the Incredible String Band, Comus and their progressive brethren. This might lead skeptics to dismiss this spirited collective as just another escapist hippie revival. Yet throughout the album the casual sophistication of Feathers’ arrangements— as well as their firm grasp of dissolute, post-Siltbreeze dynamics— helps these performances achieve a distinct emotive depth and a gauzy, out-of-time luster. Four of the group’s eight members contributed to the songwriting, and at least that many help furnish vocals. And while this multiplicity of perspective lends the album a constant variety of shade and nuance, it never distracts from the essential fellowship of Feathers’ quiet, communal flutter.
Looking (and often sounding) as though they’ve been sent directly from central casting, the psych-folk octet Feathers originate from the same fertile New England climates that generated the wayfaring likes of Tower Recordings and the MV & EE Medicine Show. The arrival of their debut album on Devendra Banhart and Andy Cabic’s Gnomonsong label has not gone unheralded, since the group have built a promising reputation through their guest appearances on Banhart’s Cripple Crow and opening for such acts as Sufjan Stevens, Dinosaur Jr. , and Smog. In addition, Feathers’ Kyle Thomas and Asa Irons perform alongside J Mascis in the sweet-leaf metal combo Witch, an outfit whose recent debut provides this ethereal album with a valuable textual counterpoint.
Home recorded and originally self-released on vinyl, the music on Feathers exists largely in the bucolic countryside previously occupied by the Incredible String Band, Comus and their progressive brethren. This might lead skeptics to dismiss this spirited collective as just another escapist hippie revival. Yet throughout the album the casual sophistication of Feathers’ arrangements— as well as their firm grasp of dissolute, post-Siltbreeze dynamics— helps these performances achieve a distinct emotive depth and a gauzy, out-of-time luster. Four of the group’s eight members contributed to the songwriting, and at least that many help furnish vocals. And while this multiplicity of perspective lends the album a constant variety of shade and nuance, it never distracts from the essential fellowship of Feathers’ quiet, communal flutter.
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Exeron91 wrote:
Piedpaper - You can have it...
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ZacMagnum wrote:
FEATHERS - "Hunter's Moon" LP (Bon Voyage) >> http://styrofoamdrone.com/2011/11/07/feathers-hunters-moon/
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PiedPaper wrote:
found this in the drone rock... WTF? stay away from drone, hipsters!
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majo334 wrote:
really incredible selftitled album...
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taelerrr wrote:
So hard to find but so glad to listen to when I do find them.yay...
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paliperidone wrote:
oh, my... the photographer whose taken that new picture is courtney brooke..!
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FuckDarfur wrote:
Yes Google Feathers Band.
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thisisenxy wrote:
don't they have a myspace? I can't find it! :(
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-ezequiel- wrote:
finding this band's music is so hard, because I keep finding other bands that either have the same name, or are somehow related to feathers in their titles.
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petrolatum wrote:
Didn't realize until today that my roommate's awesome friends that stayed the night last night were Kyle and Ruth from this band.
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falkmark wrote:
The debut album by the swedish psych folk band Valla is out now (www.recordheaven.net). Please visit www.myspace.com/vallamusik for more info and some music.
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nathanaelkan wrote:
To Each His Own, has a magic spiritual magnetic spirit, that somehow drown me to another dimension of heaven.
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KageNaraku wrote:
Finding the mp3s is actually hard o_o
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KingTreehouse wrote:
I like old Feathers and new Feathers and casually playing with my balls while I listen to either of them (but NOT getting aroused; no cum for this cum bum, I'm going to tease + fiddle with my balls while I play this music)
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iamfreelove wrote:
what the hell is this weird summer track? im pretty sure its not by this feathers. and if it is ill be quite sad that that is their new sound.
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leech3 wrote:
Ruth Garbus, Shayna Kipping, Kyle Thomas, Jordan Morris, Asa Irons, Kurt Weisman, Greg Petrovado, Meara O'Reilly.
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curare_curare wrote:
Buy at The Hometapes Art and Utility Store ($8.00)
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Degarmo wrote:
i find the notion of feathers opening for din jr hilarious.
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caffeinewolf wrote:
Tiny Lights is fantastic.. so many other gems as well. Incredible music.
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pencilandpaper wrote:
i really want to get stoned now
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