Tickley Feather, the self-titled debut by Philadelphia's Annie Sachs, is a collection of Late Night path-finding sounds, gingerly home recorded using budget electronics. Selected from the past four years, these songs are washed in effects and demonstrate a barbaric yet meticulous instrumentation, along with a paradoxically, otherworldly and natural vocal style. The resulting sounds tell a secret that feels serendipitous.[ read more ]

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Tickley Feather's Annie Sachs has said that she records music to soothe herself, and that lulling quality stands out on her first album. Tickley Feather displays a unique mix of innocence and sophistication, ranging from snippets of children talking about magic to carefully layered pieces like "Night Train," which surround the listener with an almost dubby depth, but each song's hypnotic pull is what holds this delicate lo-fi collage together. Sachs swaths naively stiff drum machines, the    [ read more ]

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