Tickley Feather – ‘Tickley Feather’ (album review)
Annie Sachs of Tickley Feather’s eponymous debut album opens with the sound of her young son telling the listener “I’ve got magic inside my bones somewhere”. The innocence of this remark is in some way repeated through the haunting, spectral music, creating an album which is both quietly unnerving and endearingly childlike. Tickley Feather’s airy vocals seem drowned in the lo-fi production, adding to the mystical and magical quality to the music, which is created using simple, low tech electronic instruments. “Fancy Walking” sounds particularly other worldly, with it’s lyrical echoing, while “1978 Fast/Xylophone/Leaking Roof” is a brief tour through an alien landscape.
Anyone appreciative of experimental label Paw Tracks will have some idea of what to expect from Tickley Feather. It’s a typically avant-garde affair from the musical friends of Animal Collective, and therefore certainly not to everyone’s tastes; only the most open minded of listeners will find value in this strange collection of songs. Having said that, it’s definitely worth a listen, although quite what occasion would be suitable for repeated plays remains to be seen; perhaps before bed, in the hope of provoking bizarre dreams of psychedelic waterscapes, or as the soundtrack to an interpretive dance piece. Either way, Tickley Feather has created weird, beautiful art in her music. Pretentious it may be, but boring it ain’t.
By Steven Garrard
Release Date: 28/4/08
Label: Paw Tracks
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By Steven Garrard
Release Date: 28/4/08
Label: Paw Tracks
www.myspace.com/tickleyfeather
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