(2022) Horse Feathers - House with No Home [Deluxe Reissue]              


Review:
Deluxe reissue includes 2021 reworking of “Curs in the Weeds” with a full band as well as 2 songs from a radio session recorded during the European tour for the original album release. 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. — AMG





Track List:
1.Curs in the Weeds 03:28
2.Rude to Rile 03:29
3.Working Poor 03:15
4.Albina 02:17
5.A Burden 03:29
6.Helen 04:16
7.Father Reprise 02:00
8.Heathen's Kiss 04:39
9.Different Gray 02:53
10.This is What 03:08
11.Father 03:26
12.Curs in the Weeds (Reprise) 04:00
13.Working Poor (Live sessie voor het programma “Duyster”) 03:03
14.Father (Live sessie voor het programma “Duyster”) 03:14


Media Report:
Genre: americana, indie-folk
Country: USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits


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