Feet For Wings - Homes EP
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| Feet For Wings - Homes |
It's a Sunday night, the days are
getting shorter, I have a belly full of beef stew and German beer and all is
well with the world in a cosy, autumnal kind of way. What is this picture
missing? The perfect soundtrack of course; enter Belfast quartet Feed For
Wings. The band's Homes EP is sold by their press people as Indie Folk Pop and
I'll take that as a starting point but their music is so much more wholesome
than that. EP opener and title track, 'Homes', has an understated beauty about its
gently strummed melody - like the difference between an audacious bunch of
exotic flowers or some humble wild flowers that have been handpicked for your
loved one (the latter will always go down better if you're with the right person).
'Cathedral Street' has a little more ambition as a song but it is still firmly
rooted in a folky, almost country-esque style that is so appealing at this time
of year. It may sound like an easy comparison to make but by the third track,
'Hold Your Tongue', you start to remember why people loved the Thrills so much
for a brief period as the lilting, smooth melodies wash warmly over your tired
bones and wrap you up in an blanket of sounds.
On 'Cutting My Teeth' Feet For
Wings work through country, lounge, sombre indie and Jazz whilst maintaining a
rock theme which is no mean feat. As the EP comes to a close with the gentle,
warm acoustic tones of 'Winding Sheets', I feel utterly content with the world,
the place that I'm in and the season that is developing around me. Now that
might not be the most exciting thing to say but there is a place and a time for
this music and when they collide at the right time then I'm as happy as a pig
in muck with a fresh trough of swill.
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