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Feathermerchants discography
"One of the few bands that gets younger with every record."
(Village Voice)
"They've made another darling record."
(Pop Matters)
"Last Man On Earth sounds like it's coming from the end of dark, highway tunnel."
(New Haven Advocate)
"Superior writing, production and creative arrangements."
(Earbuzz.com)
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Welcome to our little crazy Myspace world. Feathermerchants new record, Last Man on Earth, which is due out in the world on March 7th(Amazon, cd baby, and all the digital sites), hit college radio this week. We were the 13th MOST ADDED record in college radio. We finished ahead of some major records and these things tend to gain momentum so stay tuned. Also, we are on the new October Project tribute record which you can pre-order by going to www.Octoberproject.net and doing what they tell you.
And that is that. For those of you that don't know us, we hit the scene right around the year 2000. In the winter of that year, after doing 6 total gigs, we released the eponymous Feathermerchants. This release had the first 10 songs songwriter Pete Veru had written on it and the band was fronted by Alison Winston and Erin Ohara, both of whom sunbsequently left the band. It was also when Emmy wining producer and multi-instrumentalist Jim Chapdelaine joined the band. We had Morroccan legend and Peter Gabriel opener Hassan Hakmoun sing on it and drummer Johnny Fay(Tragically Hip) guest on it as well. One of the songs was picked up for an Indie film and we were invited to go to the Seattle Film Festival to play. For the most part, critics didn't understand it and more importantly, didn't understand us.
Then Shannon Kennedy arrived and the band released Unarmed Against the Dark in the summer of 2003. Different from the first record, Unarmed Against the Dark was a critical success in some arenas. Rolling Stones/Allman Brothers keyboardist Chuck Leavell played on the trip hop like Brooklyn Ferry and the record got us a slot at SXSW. Most suprisingly though, the record was a critical smash in South Africa of all places. It garnered reviews in every major music publication in the country including that countrys versions of People, Cosmo, GQ, FHM and Teenzone. The night of our cd release party in New Yorks Mercury Lounge an unknown trio who was on the bill with us asked if they could borrow our drums and bass rig. We said sure. They seemed nice enough although there was no one there to see them. That band was called Keane.
In the spring of the next year, we released an EP called Street Theater. This was an extremely limited run, enhanced cd with a video on it that had some recorded versions of some songs from the first record as well as some remixes of the gothic Ursuline. Laptopist Nick Fortey of Schematic Records did the remixing.
That brings us to Last Man on Earth, the new record. Last Man on Earth is a swirly, ambient affair. Rooted in everything from Patty Griffin and Red House Painters to Pink Floyd and Seven Percent Solution, the bands Last Man on Earth offers up ten opportunities for escapism, cinematic songs inspired by cheating wives, ex-lovers and former cult members and studying everything from loves lost to the boundless imagination of a child. It feels like the heyday of alternative rock, like the arty, sophisticated but deeply soulful music coming out of the U.K. in the late-80s. Its appropriate then that the disc includes a lovely cover of The Churchs signature song, Under the Milky Way. Its modern folk music, or gentle alternative rock music, emotional headphone music laced with affecting Kennedy/Veru harmonizing, the spare, lo-fi jazz vocal and the occasional frayed, razor-edged, spiraling guitar. Jim Chapdelaines guitar and production work on this record is his most fearless to date and it certainly shows. Returning also are drummer Jon Peckman and bass player Jay Wiggin.
