Tuesday, October 17, 2006

cry yourself to sleep.

I just came across the music of Justin Ringle and Peter Broderick and couldn't be more pleased. The duet is called Horse Feathers and their indie folk music is layered with lush pop ideals and more strings than a Cosby sweater. Ringle and Broderick both sing and play banjo and percussion, and while Ringle pulls guitar duty, Broderick adds the sweeping and earthy arrangements on cello, violin, viola, mandolin and piano. Words Are Dead was released within the last month on Lucky Madison, and I need to get my hands on a copy, due in part to my one complaint for Horse Feathers. Brevity. Maybe that's where the appeal is drawn from, in that they keep their songs short and sweet, for fear of diluting them by allowing themselves to keep playing. The three songs they have available on MySpace (and that I have here) total less than seven minutes in length. Still, one couldn't ask for a more enjoyable seven minutes.



Horse Feathers' "Finch On Saturday"
& "Blood On The Snow"
from Words Are Dead

Horse Feathers' "Like Lavender"
from Vicious Are The Mouths That Taste (DEMO)

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