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Horse Feathers' Music Gets A Folk-Rock Makeover

Out May 4, a new album called Appreciation will replace Horse Feathers' ornate deliberation with surging folk-rock, full-on soul and just a hint of country. Hear its first single, "Without Applause."
Justin Ringle of Horse Feathers.

' music has always revolved around specific, distinctive ingredients, from Justin Ringle's sandy-voiced warmth to lush string arrangements to fatalistic lyrics that

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