His string arrangements are grandiose in their simplicity and busy without ever interfering with Ringle's poignant, icy prose. 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 who provides the chill. 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. 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. This deluxe reissue includes a bonus 7” with a 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. Theirs is a life in the wilderness, not merely a sojourn.” “Ultimately, that unworldliness may be Horse Feathers’ greatest charm. “Horse Feathers’ 2008 album, House With No Home, is a lovely, lo-fidelity meditation, full of banjo, guitar, cello, saw and gentle vocal harmonies.” – New York Times
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