October’s Band of The Month featured artist The Wild Feathers return today with another clip of soulful folk-country rock that claws at the heartstrings and hijacks the hips.
A collection of players from Austin, Nashville and beyond, The Wild Feathers meld blues, folk, rock and country with a sense of classic romanticism that calls back to more soulful talent-kaleidoscope bands of the 70s. This is no nostalgia act, however, as the four unique voices of Ricky Young, Joel King, Taylor Burns and Preston Wimberly create timeless melodies with a modern captivation through harmonies that set the spirit ablaze.
For their eponymous 2013 debut, The Wild Feathers enlisted Jay Joyce (Cage the Elephant, the Wallflowers, Emmylou Harris) as producer, who pushed the band into an evolutionary excellence in his Nashville studio as they recorded the songs one at a time, mostly live to tape. Ranging from slow-burning heartcrushers to foot-stomping harmonic flurries of overwhelming depth, The Wild Feathers is as beautiful and promising as a debut album could hope to be. Listen to the entire album at Rolling Stone.
CraveOnline met up with The Wild Feathers at Swing House studios in Hollywood for an exclusive Band of The Month session, recording a handful of tracks and an interview in which they shared the stories behind the songs. So far we’ve featured exclusive performances of The Wild Feathers’ lead single “The Ceiling,” and the achingly beautiful ballad called “If You Don’t Love Me,” as well as a captivating interview with Ricky and Joel. Now check out a riveting performance of “Hard Times”:
Previous Band of The Month Performances:
Alain Johannes / Grieves / Steel Panther / Vintage Trouble / Semi Precious Weapons
Hot Karate / RX Bandits / Nico Vega / The Mowgli’s / Dessa / Everlast
The Wild Feathers / The Silent Comedy / LP
