FEATHERS (MA) - 'S/T'

Formats

• GONG02CD - CD

  655035050225

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FEATHERS ARE AN EIGHT-PIECE MUSICAL ENSEMBLE, CURRENTLY BASED BETWEEN NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT. THERE ARE FIVE PRIMARY SONGWRITERS, EACH WITH A UNIQUE STYLE, AND FOUR SINGERS. ALL EIGHT MUSICIANS SWITCH AROUND ON NUMEROUS INSTRUMENTS, LOOSELY PLAYING WHAT CAN BE DESCRIBED AS PSYCHEDELIC FOLK. THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, NOW ISSUED ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME VIA GNOMONSONG (RUN BY DEVENDRA BANHART AND ANDY CABIC), FEATURES SIMPLE STRUMMED GUITARS, DELIGHTFULLY SWEET HARMONIES, LYSERGIC ELECTRIC GUITAR, AND TRIBAL DRUMMING, WITH A SWIRLY FOLK VIBE THROUGHOUT. THE GROUP SEEMS TO DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE SAME MAGICAL, NATURAL FOREST ELEMENTS THAT MOTIVATED INCREDIBLE STRING BAND AND COMUS TO RELEASE THEIR OWN CLASSIC MUSIC IN DECADES PAST. FOR FANS OF DEVENDRA BANHART, VETIVER, JOANNA NEWSOM ETC

FORMED IN 2003 BY KYLE AND KURT (FIRST NAMES ONLY, PLEASE) AT A NORTHAMPTON RECORD STORE, THEY WERE QUICKLY JOINED BY SHAYNA, MEARA, ASA, RUTH, GREG AND JORDAN (MORE OR LESS IN THAT ORDER). YES, SONGS ABOUT FOREST CREATURES AND LOVING THE MOON ARE CONTAINED HEREIN. INTERVIEWED BY DUSTED, KEYBOARDIST AND GUITARIST JORDAN EXPLAINS, "I THINK THAT ALL OF US IN FEATHERS REGARD MUSIC AS SOME SORT OF SPIRITUAL ENDEAVOR, AND I IMAGINE THAT WOULD COME ACROSS IN THE SONGS." GUITARIST, VOCALIST AND BASSIST ASA CONCURS: "I LIVE ON A COLD MOUNTAINTOP AND HEAT MY HOUSE WITH A WOOD STOVE. THIS LIFESTYLE MUST INFLUENCE MY MUSIC, BUT I HAVE NO DELIBERATE MYSTICAL INTENTIONS. I'M JUST BEING POETICALLY SINCERE." FEATHERS ALREADY ISSUED TWO CDRS AND THE VINYL VERSION OF THIS ALBUM ON THEIR OWN FEATHERS FAMILY LABEL, ATTRACTING GOBS OF ATTENTION FROM FELLOW MUSICIANS AND DISCERNING MUSIC FANS ALL OVER. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE FEATHERS HAS DEVELOPED INTO A BAND AS POWERFUL AS CONTEMPORARIES SUCH AS DEVENDRA BANHART, ESPERS, JOANNA NEWSOM AND VETIVER.

Tracks

1. OLD BLACK HAT WITH A DANDELION FLOWER
2. TO EACH HIS OWN
3. PAST THE MOON
4. ULNA
5. VAN RAT
6. SILVERLEAVES IN THE AIR OF STARSEEDLINGS
7. IBEX HORN
8. COME AROUND

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GREAT REVIEW IN THE LATEST UNCUT! EXCELLENT RELEASE ON DEVENDRA BANHART / ANDY CABIC (VETIVER) LABEL!!

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10LEC6 - 'COUNSELLING ORIENTATION'

Formats

• ROFLCD02 - CD

  689492051020

Details

DEBUT FULL LENGTH FOR THIS FRENCH FOURPIECE (PRONOUNCED DISLECSIX), RECENTLY SEEN / HEARD ON THE ROUGH TRADE SHOPS' COUNTER CULTURE 2005 WITH THEIR KILLER TRACK "COUNTER STROKE". A REAL DIY PUNK ACTION - AKIN TO LES GEORGES LENINGRAD, THE SLITS, THE SUBHUMANS DOING ELECTRO FRONTED BY POLY STYRENE, LIKE MELT BANANA MEETS BIS, THIS IS THE KIND OF RECORD JOHN PEEL WOULD HAVE PLAYED ON EVERY SHOW FOR WEEKS, YOU WILL EITHER LOVE IT OR LOATHE IT. WE LOVE IT!

FROM ROUGH TRADE COUTNER CULTURE SLEEVE NOTES: A cross between The Slits and recent shops faves Les Georgres Leningrad. That should already make you want to check the 7" EP this track is lifted from. By the by it's pronounced dyslexic - 'dix' (dys) being the French word for ten, then 'lec', then 'six '- dix-lec-six. This makes them almost as clever as they are talented. I love this song and I frequently spazz dance around my bedroom to it's twitchy stop-start rhythms. When it's played in a club everyone else spazz dances to it as well, so I don't feel alone in doing this and neither will you

Tracks

1. LITTLE RED WALK
2. DUMBASSHIT BOY
3. COUNTER STROKE
4. TROM
5. BLABLABLA
6. LIL DEVIL
7. INTESTINAL SKIRMISH
8. LESTER KRO
9. THE NURSE IS A COP
10. RITCH BH
11. ROPE CHORD
12. CASH TRIGGER
13. TRAIL ME
14. WOLF TOOTH

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NOW IN STOCK! THIS AMAZING FRENCH LOT ARE GETTING SOME DECENT RADIO PLAYS COURTESY OF ROB DA BANK ON RADIO 1, AS FEATURED ON THE ROUGH TRADE SHOP COUNTER CULTURE 2005!

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