Q&A with Justin Ringle of Horse Feathers!

Q&A with Justin Ringle of Horse Feathers

Without hesitation, Horse Feathers' second album House With No Home is one of our favorite releases of 2008. The group is led by Idaho-native / Portland-based Justin Ringle, who sings, writes and plays guitar, and he is joined by brother/ sister Peter and Heather Broderick on strings and vocals.

Justin writes songs which are delicately crafted and nuanced -- songs which on first blush may simply appear sparse until they build only fleetingly before (and often suddenly) disappearing. The tracks "Curs in the Weeds", "Working Poor" and "Road to Ruin" are stand-outs of this ebb and flow style, each song slowly growing, layered carefully with textures of cello, strings and vocal harmonies. Other tracks like "This is What" and "Albina" bound along, pausing briefly, at a pizzicato clip. And suspended over it all are Justin's vaguely weary and haunting melodies.

Horse Feathers has succeeded in creating an album which is best enjoyed as a whole, allowing Justin and his band to tell, in their time, their uniquely evocative and melancholy tale.

Justin talks with What's On The Hi-Fi about the band's new release, the move to Kill Rock Stars and his upcoming tour dates in Europe.

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