The Soft Hills – The Bird Is Coming Down to Earth (LP, Tapete)

Under the name The Soft Hills, Garrett Hobba, Brittan Drake, Randall Skrasek and Brett Massa delight us with their musical adventures. The four men from Seattle have a penchant for experimentation and harmony, their songs were created under the influence of psychedelic and ambient, painting and literature as well as dreams and visions. Listening to their music is like walking through a magical landscape of horse-like creatures striding across velvety fields and mythological birds flying beneath melancholic clouds. Understood? No? Then now facts: “The Bird Is Coming Down To Earth” was produced by Matt Brown (including Lucinda Williams), the album has ten songs dealing with the themes of death, chaos, rebirth and grief over lost things. Discerning people hear influences from Neil Young, Sigur Ros, Flaming Lips, Iron & Wine and Grizzly Bear from the harmonious music.