Feathers - Dead Meadow
Feathers Image
Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critics What's this?

User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the fourth studio disc for the Washington D.C. psych-rock outfit, who are now a four-piece with the addition of guitarist Cory Shane.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 23
  2. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Feathers is a thousand times more focused and mature than [Shivering King], and it's all for the better.
  2. Feathers may not have the heft of Dead Meadow's other albums, but it's easily its most listenable and satisfying from end to end.
  3. Mesmerisingly beautiful. [2 Apr 2005, p.50]
  4. While they might not track as much rich sonic mud over these tracks as they have on past albums, it doesn't hurt for a band to clean up every once in a while. [#9]

See all 23 Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. CharlieCW
    10
    I'm not really rating the album, I'm rating how amazing they are live. Last night I saw them live at the Black Cat opening for Blue Cheer. I was standing right next to the speaker so I good really feel it and it was amazing. One of the best shows I've ever been to. Expand
  2. StaceyH
    9
    My true love for this album compels me to give it a 10, but to be fair and objective, i'll give it a 9. The album from start to finish is a coherent gathering of well structured songs, evocotive of a mood that music has lacked for far too long. This is meant to be heard in one long sit-down session, perceptive of the peaks, valleys, and spaces in between. The main criticism of this as opposed to the former album is that it is toned down a bit, and I think in this case it is a good thing; the arrangement of these songs represents the best showing of talent that Dead Meadow has produced to date. The only thing I did not like was the next to last track, with all it's uesless noise. I really don't like noise tracks that much. Expand
  3. Dead Meadow craft an intelligent, psychedelic outing with Feathers. Each track seems to hold a different mood but it all flows together in the end. I thoroughly enjoyed it the whole way through. B+ Expand
  4. JRossi
    7
    Still good, but it's no Shivering King. Less dense and forboding than previous albums, this one foats like a feather and stings like one too. The terrific moments hit like a tsunami last time, this time like the kiddie pool. Expand

See all 5 User Reviews