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- Date Released: January 1, 2008
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative
- Label: Kill Rock Stars / Redeye
Strums, whispers and whiskers: think Bon Iver
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We Say...
Scrappy, acoustic indie-folk has enjoyed a certain renaissance in the last half-decade, with strums-and-whispers replacing prickly, post-punk guitar as the underground's favorite new guise. Portland's Horse Feathers (fronted by the vocalist and songwriter Justin Ringle) has existed in various forms since 2004, but the band's low-lit, violin-addled folk songs (think Bon Iver, Bowerbirds) have been mostly overlooked — which is tragic, considering the extent to which Horse Feathers' rich, dulcet tracks deserve a spot in the beard-and-plaid-shirt scrum.
House with No Home is Horse Feathers' second full-length, and it's first on a major indie. Many will likely recognize the band's name as the title of the fourth Marx Brothers film (an oddly prescient football comedy that pits creationists vs. Darwinists), but Horse Feathers aren't a particularly goofy outfit: instead, Ringle and his bandmates play autumnal folk that's earnest and gentle (but, miraculously, never boring or contrived). "Working Poor" is the album's standout track, a shimmering, expertly harmonized ode to youthful fickleness. On nearly every song, Ringle's vocals run and ooze, eventually fading into a scratchy hum, which is augmented by his bandmates' banjo, guitar, cello, celeste, saw and light percussion; House with No Home has the soft, woozy feel of a northwestern sunset, an excessively calming, perspective-straightening exercise in perfect quietude. -
They Say...
The cover of House with No Home, the second full-length album from Horse Feathers, a dusty west coast folk duo comprised of Justin Ringle and Peter Broderick, depicts a wintry farm dusted with snow. It's an image that's easily conjured throughout each of the 11 songs that make up Home, a subtle, nuanced, and quietly noble collection of Americana-kissed alternative folk that echoes the work of Bonnie "Prince" Billy, James Yorkston, Iron & Wine, and Bon Iver. Ringle, who blends Richard Buckner's soft, serpentine delivery with Andrew Bird's "I can't open my mouth all the way" mumble populates his songs with the kind of woodsy, heart and soul-broken characters that one would expect to find lurking between the pines on a frosty Oregon morning in February, but it's Broderick ( a member of fellow Portland folk outfit Norfolk & Western) who provides the chill. His string arrangements are grandiose in their simplicity and busy without ever interfering with Ringle's poignant, icy prose. From the heady opener "Curs in the Weeds" to the surging, banjo-led "Working Poor," the two carve up each track like master craftsman, finding the perfect middle ground between the sparse, reverb-laden landscapes of the Great Lake Swimmers and the orchestral, aching beauty of Hem.
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Curs in the Weeds |
2:18 |
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| 02. | |
Rude To Rile |
3:30 |
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| 03. | |
Working Poor |
4:20 |
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| 04. | |
Albina |
3:30 |
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| 05. | |
A Burden |
3:31 |
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| 06. | |
Helen |
4:41 |
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| 07. | |
Father Reprise |
2:01 |
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| 08. | |
Heathen's Kiss |
3:10 |
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| 09. | |
Different Gray |
3:16 |
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| 10. | |
This Is What |
3:31 |
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| 11. | |
Father |
2:57 |
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11 Total Tracks, 36:45 Total Length
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Credits
- Roger Seibel - Mastering // Skyler Norwood - Engineer // Justin Ringle - Guitar // Justin Ringle - Percussion // Justin Ringle - Piano // Justin Ringle - Trumpet // Justin Ringle - Vocals // Justin Ringle - Lyricist // Justin Ringle - Mixing // Justin Ringle - Vox Organ // Peter Broderick - Banjo // Peter Broderick - Mandolin // Peter Broderick - Percussion // Peter Broderick - Piano // Peter Broderick - Violin // Peter Broderick - Autoharp // Peter Broderick - Guitar (Electric) // Peter Broderick - Viola // Peter Broderick - Vocals // Peter Broderick - Saw // Peter Broderick - Lap Steel Guitar // Peter Broderick - Vox Organ
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