The Wild Feathers

by The Wild Feathers

Overview

While artists have been making albums for their fans for years, the recent advent of crowd-funding now finds artists in a position to make an album because of their fans, a move that seems only natural for cult-like psychedelic symphonic rock collective the Polyphonic Spree, who reached out to their fans to help fund their fourth album, Yes, It's True. While the album shows plenty of the band's trademark ebullience, it's tempered with a feeling of heaviness that feels different from their other work. A lot of this feeling comes by way of the album's percussion work, which often has a propulsive, almost marching quality to it. Although this doesn't diminish the good vibes the Polyphonic Spree are putting out, it casts them in a more direct, no-nonsense light, as if they're on a mission to bring positivity to the world rather than just allowing it to passively shine out of them. Because of this, Yes, It's True is a surprisingly tight album, and even as songs like "Raise Your Head" return to the sort of rhapsodic heights Tim DeLaughter and his merry choir work at, it still feels incredibly focused. Though this makes for a different kind of listening experience than fans might be used to, it's one that's ultimately pretty satisfying, feeling like it's not just manifesting the will and desire of the Polyphonic Spree's fans, but also reflecting the mission of brightness and hope that the band has been on for over a decade now. ~ Gregory Heaney

Product Details

Release Date:	08/13/2013
Label:	Warner Bros.
UPC:	0093624942955

Tracks

1. Backwoods Company
2. American
3. I Can Have You
4. Tall Boots
5. The Ceiling
6. Left My Woman
7. I'm Alive
8. Hard Wind
9. If You Don't Love Me
10. Hard Times
11. Got It Wrong
12. How

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Wild Feathers   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Evan Taylor Burns   Composer
Norman Wonderly   Creative Director
Donny Phillips   Logo Design
Stephen Walker   Art Direction,Design
Myriam Santos   Photography
Jeff Sosnow   A&R
Jay Joyce   Producer,Mixing
Gary Louris   Composer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Frank Maddocks   Creative Director
Joel King   Composer
Taylor Burns   Composer
Ricky Young   Composer
Leroy Wulfmeier   Composer