Name: Thistled Spring
Brand: Horse Feathers

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2010-04-20

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Horse Feathers

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Kill Rock Stars

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Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Horse Feathers is an American indie folk band that was founded in 2004 in Portland, Oregon. The band's unique sound combines beautiful melodies with heartfelt lyrics, creating a captivating musical experience.

The current members of Horse Feathers include *Justin Ringle* on vocals and guitar, *Nathan Crockett* on violin, saw, and vocals, *Catherine Odell* on cello and vocals, and *Sam Cooper* on banjo, mandolin, percussion, violin, harmonium, and vocals. Their incredible talent and diverse range of instruments contribute to the band's distinctive sound.

Over the years, Horse Feathers has gained recognition for their exceptional music. Drawing inspiration from various genres such as indie folk and Americana, their music resonates with listeners who appreciate soulful storytelling through songwriting. Fans of artists like Bowerbirds,A.A. Bondy,and Great Lake Swimmers will find themselves drawn to the heartfelt compositions of Horse Feathers.

Kill Rock Stars is an indie label co-founded by Tinúviel and Slim Moon in Olympia, Washington. Originally intended as an outlet for Slim Moon's spoken word records, the label quickly expanded into the vibrant music scene of the region. With a focus on promoting female artists, Kill Rock Stars gained recognition as one of the few U.S. indie labels with an all-female full-time staff after Slim Moon's departure in 2006.

Over the years, Kill Rock Stars has been home to legendary Riot Grrl/Indie/Punk Rock acts such as The Gossip, Unwound, Bikini Kill, Witchypoo, and Sleater-Kinney. Their catalog includes a diverse range of releases that have made a significant impact on alternative music.

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'thistled spring' as a whole displays a rich progression - more textured and lush than the band's previous two albums, it also captures the skillful interplay of the band's current touring lineup of ringle, violinist nathan crockett, cellist catherine odell, and multi-instrumentalist sam cooper. lyrically ringle continues to explore broken relationships, longing, and pain, but this album has an undercurrent of heat that translates to a thawing of frozen hearts, and music, which rushes like spring torrents, all of which points to a resurgence of life after a hard winter. from the first piano notes of the title track, 'thistled spring' shows itself to be an album of rebirth, renewal, and fragile hope. the sun is out in the world evoked by this music, and in the first couple of songs it feels like the sun of early spring, glinting on a frosty river where the ice is just breaking up. 'thistled spring' and 'starving robins' both continue ringle's trademark use of space in songwriting, but in this case the space is full of potential, like the spaces between drops of melting snow. the sun gets stronger and warmer as the album moves along, shining most brilliantly in the jaunty, joyous 'belly of june', where ringle's characteristically spare vocals become fattened up with delicious harmonies as the music swells with strings and banjo. things get positively hot in 'cascades' and 'the drought' before blossoming into the full-fledged pop americana gem 'vernonia blues'. on kill rock stars.

Thistled Spring

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