Horse Feathers
Thistled Spring

They share their name with a typically riotous Marx Brothers movie, but Portland’s Horse Feathers are a rather more sober proposition. Centred on the ...

Horses don’t have feathers. Duh. The name is a deliberate contradiction, much like a string quartet that plays rock music. But unlike the characters i...

Backwoods, rustic folk-tinged pop has experienced something of a resurgence over the past few years, from Fleet Foxes and Mumford & Sons bothering the...

Thistled Spring is the 3rd album from austere-folk ensemble Horse Feathers. Whilst the band continue to incorporate the themes of pain and longing evi...

The follow-up to 2008’s starkly beautiful ‘House With No Home’ album, ‘Thistled Spring’ is the third album from Portland’s Horse Feathers. Beginning w...

Horse Feathers specialize in the kind of music that will pierce your heart one note at a time, a world where pop music meets the orchestrated beauty o...

Portland, Ore., folk outfit Horse Feathers are back with their third album Thistled Spring and it challenges their sophomore effort House With No Home...

Originally a stage name for Portland-based singer-songwriter Justin Ringle and his local open-mic performances, Horse Feathers has gradually become th...

No one can accuse Justin Ringle of being an optimist. As the leader of Portland, Ore., folk outfit Horse Feathers, he's trawled in dark subject matter...

The title track kicks off Thistled Spring with a simple piano melody that builds to a gorgeous orchestral swell. The soulful but somber vocals of song...