artist The Lovely Feathers

The Lovely Feathers almost ruled the world. In 2006, this troupe of Montreal grave diggers, grad students, and go-forbrokes excreted Hind Hind Legs, a collection of candy-coated pop music that made itself right at home next to Unicorns alums Islands on the Equator Records roster. The album’s frantic, synth-fueled singalongs brought with them a caravan of praise – hefty endorsements from scribblers at Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Spin, the requisite Next Big Canadian Band mumbo-jumbo, and a world tour with Metric. After this, they proceeded with North American tours, accompanying the likes of Man Man, Dr. Dog, and the Spinto band. And in the autumn of 2006, they thought it proper to headline their own North American tour. Amidst all this, they played shows with Islands, Tokyo Police Club, The Sounds, The Cribs, Tapes n' Tapes, and The Most Serene Republic. They also appeared at SXSW, NXNE, Pop Montreal, and on MTV Live; and even had their songs licensed on the television shows "One Tree Hill" and "The Adrenaline Project". Then something happened. What, exactly, depends on who you talk to. Someone fell in love, or got lupus, or went on a new-agey quest of self-discovery in Kathmandu, or got a Ph.D, or who knows what really happened. At any rate, the band that formed two short years before at McGill University - the one poised to rule the world - was shaking the clammy hands of “indefinite hiatus.” But that was then. And now is here. Convalesced, dumped up, self in sharp Nepalese focus, and Ph.D gathering dust, The Lovely Feathers have re-emerged. Bearing the laborious fruit of hours spent at HQ Montreal’s Studio Plateau and a host of other wood panneled rooms around the city, with the consummate Dan Legace manning knobs and such, the company find themselves armed to the hilt with a new label (s'appel Sparks Music), a new record, a new tour, new everything!!! The aforementioned fruit? Think of it as a detonation of synth-pop, twee, shanty rock and polite electro called Fantasy of the Lot. Set for release in early August on Sparks/Tommy Boy in the States, and June 2nd in Canada[Sparks/EMI], the record is a fount of focus (or a blissful lack thereof), songwriting renewed and reinvigorated by relationships with beautiful people, views from Everest, side effects of Corticosteroids, and books about how to perform open heart surgery. Whatever the inspiration, this newer, better, wiser Lovely Feathers seem poised to return to the track they were forced to abandon three years ago – personal media player by personal media player, starting with yours; venue by venue, starting this summer. Be there.

Mark Kupfert Vocals, Guitar
David Buzaglo Keys, Vocals
Ted Suss Drums
Mark Shortt Bass, Vocals