Dead Meadow - Feathers
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Artist: Dead MeadowEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2005-02-22
Music Label: Matador Records
Soundtracks:
- Let's Jump In
- Such Hawks Such Hounds
- Get up on Down
- Heaven
- At Her Open Door
- Medley
- Stacy's Song
- Let It All Pass
- Through the Gates of the Sleepy Silver Door
Free Music Notes for Feathers
Free Music Review: Heavy Feathers
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is all about space. Not space in a 'Hey, we sing about the cosmos and have a bunch of weird saltellite sounds everywhere,' but space as in wide open expanses. Where DM's previous albums were dense and earthy, "Feathers" is airy and open and somehow a little bit higher in the sky than its previous efforts.
Case in point is opener 'Let's Jump In.' It's starts off sounding like DM in that the wah pedal is in full effect, but you'd have a hard time distinguishing four musicians. Then about 2/3 through a teriffic and sudden shift comes in and Jason Simon's vocals take a back seat to some serious soloing over a two chord dirge in the background. In that respect, the song is quintessential DM.
But DM touch on several different styles here. 'Such Hawks Such Hounds' is a breezy-yet-forboding jaunt; 'Get up on Down' starts with a shimmering guitar crescendo, settles down into a lightly-layered movement for a while, threatens to disintigrate entirely then comes full circle at the end. Lead single 'At Her Open Door' is nothing more than a pop song with two interlaced guitar figures, but it doesn't sound forced.
There's no mistaking this for anything but DM, but the band has infused different elements into their trademark style that was delectable but becoming staid.
This version of 'Heaven' pales to the one on "Shivering King" but fits well here; 'Eyeless Gaze/Riverman' resurrects classic DM in a two-part suite; 'Stacy's Song' dabbles in some of the Jesus and Mary Chain's quieter moments and sounds like nothing DM have done before, but it suits the band well.
That's why this review emerges so long after the release: This is the band's growth spurt and maturation, and you can't apsorb a piece of work like that in one or two or 30 listens. But give this album even six or eight spins and its subtle nuances will grab you.
In that regard 'Let it all Pass' may be the apex on this album -- it starts off sounding like some other songs on "Feathers" but then mixes those elements with class DM as the song chugs to a close. The drum circle thunder of 'Through the Gates' would be a throwaway, save that it segues seamlessly into one of the band's live versions of 'Sleepy Silver Door,' and a flawless version at that.
"Feathers" my not immediately entice old fans or newcomers, but over time it emerges as another musical gem from one the best bands around.
Feathers Poster
Very few bands have what it takes to leaven their stoner rock with equal parts melody and exploratory noise. Their exhilarating fourth album, Feathers, is the DC-based group's best album by far, thanks in no small part to the addition of second guitarist Cory Shane. Half the album is so good--and so eclectic--it brings to mind the bass-heavy assault of classic Blue Cheer and Sabbath, the sweet confectioner's space-pop of Jack Drag and Brian Jonestown Massacre, and the locked groove swagger of Comets on Fire and Black Mountain. Dead Meadow aren't afraid to melt genre conventions; "at Her Open Door," for instance, is very Zepp-y but trippy and sugar-y sweet?almost like Bumble Puppy, but way better. "Stacy's Song" is levitating and beautiful, a reverb-saturated tune that showcases singer-guitarist Jason Simon's distinctive vocals. --Mike McGonigalAlternative Rock Music CDs
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