REVIEW: twi the humble feather - Music for Spaceships and Forests

It seems like every few weeks someone mentions a band that lives within the same 20 block radius in BKLYN that will blow your mind. The most recent recurrence of this phenomenon happened last week when a former NOLA friend now residing in Birmingham (of all places) pointed me in the direction of twi the humble feather. The exchange went something like this

Friend: "I heard this awesome BKLYN band the other day, but you probably already know 'em."

Me: "Who?"

Friend: "They're called twi the humble feather, and they'll rock your socks off."

Despite my relative closeness in proximity, I had unfortunately never heard of them. So the next day I bought the record and listened to it four times over. twi's new album, Music for Spaceships and Forests, sounds something like a cross between indie scene heroes Animal Collective and one of last years' break out bands, the Dodo's. The album is actually closer to an EP in length, coming in at just under a half hour long. But the quality of the panning acoustic guitar work, ambient nature noises and sporadic, often wordless vocals is high enough to make it well worth buying. You can listen to the last track, finale, at the bottom of this post. If you're looking for something that you can both dance to or mellow out with (depending on your mood), twi is for you. For all of you BKLYN folks, they'll be playing on May 21st at Monkeytown. Great space, great band, nuf said.

MP3: twi the humble feather - finale