Tickley Feather is Philadelphia native Annie Sachs and her rickety four-track recorder. On her selt-titled debut's "Le Daylight" her limping waltz beats and wheezy organ notes sound a bit like Beach House, though perhaps in a post-global warming scenario where the shoreline has moved several dozen feet inland. While I'm fairly sure "Le Daylight" isn't textbook French, Sachs' submerged vocals might as well be in a foreign tongue; any specific meaning that's drawn out will likely be the product of intense guess work. But there's a grace in her blurs that outpaces any problems with lyrical comprehension. Her songs' soupy focus have garnered a few comparisons to Paw Tracks' labelmate Ariel Pink, but they are frustrating in completely different ways. Where Ariel buries compelling fragments inside tiresome clatter, Sachs crafts enchanting tunes that we just can't quite make-out. It seems hers might be the easier problem to transcend. Tickley Feather
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Tickley Feather is Philadelphia native Annie Sachs and her rickety four-track recorder. On her selt-titled debut's "Le Daylight" her limping waltz beats and wheezy organ notes sound a bit like Beach House, though perhaps in a post-global warming scenario where the shoreline has moved several dozen feet inland. While I'm fairly sure "Le Daylight" isn't textbook French, Sachs' submerged vocals might as well be in a foreign tongue; any specific meaning that's drawn out will likely be the product of intense guess work. But there's a grace in her blurs that outpaces any problems with lyrical comprehension. Her songs' soupy focus have garnered a few comparisons to Paw Tracks' labelmate Ariel Pink, but they are frustrating in completely different ways. Where Ariel buries compelling fragments inside tiresome clatter, Sachs crafts enchanting tunes that we just can't quite make-out. It seems hers might be the easier problem to transcend.
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Weird good. Thanks for this one Jeff!