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Ringle had played and performed as lead singer for a number of bands in his native Idaho, U.S. before making the move to Portland, Oregon, U.S. in 2004. Along with the geographical move Ringle made a move towards a more acoustic-tinged sound and would regularly play open-mic nights in the area using the moniker Horse Feathers.
After hearing a number of Ringle’s demos multi-instrumentalist and Portland icon Peter Broderick offered to help thicken out some of the songs and the two played shows across the area. Horse Feathers essentially became a duo and the two entered Skyler Norwood’s Miracle Lake studios and recorded their debut album “Words Are Dead”. The 2006 album released by Lucky Madison had a chamber-folk sound to it and was strongly influenced by the pair’s shared appreciation for Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” and the discography of composer Max Richter.
The band was joined by Broderick’s sister Heather Broderick on cello in 2007 and initiated the rotating cast of multi-instrumentalists that would record and perform live with Horse Feathers. The band’s sophomore album “House With No Home” was released on Kill Rock Stars in early 2008, and became one of the labels highest yielding albums.
Shortly after the Broderick siblings lefts to pursue their own musical and creative endeavours with Nathan Crockett covering violin duties and Catherine Odell taking the cellist reigns. The band toured extensively in anticipation and support of their third studio album entitled “Thistled Spring”. The album was released in 2010 on Kill Rock Stars, followed up by 2012’s “Cynic’s New Year” and 2014’s “So It Is With Us”.
Indie folk absolutely dominates music these days with is commercial and credible form, just moving from strength to strength, transcending across the airwaves throughout the world. That tasteful pop music with more hooks than a meat factory with the edgy buzz of an electric guitar. Sometimes an electric guitar will just be casually attached to the band in a photo shoot. Is there any electric guitar on the recordings? Nope. Not a chance. But hey! Let’s talk about Horse Feathers, a band from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean on the other side of the U.S.A in a place called Portland, the state capital of Oregon. Fair play to them for making it all work. There are many moments throughout this performance that prove them worthy of their place on this fantastic stage performing to such a fantastic and energetic audience who have all bought the singles, who have learned all the words. “Cascades” is perhaps the most standout song for me to watch as an audience member, as a musician and all of the above. The atmosphere is at it’s peak during this song.
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