DETAILS
TRACKS
Side A
- Damn the word
- Hum with the worms
- James' drink
- Angela
- Birdcage
Side B
- Pictures of Elvis
- Water for your bedside
- What a beautiful thing i have made
- Steve
- Alligators
- First time for everything
RELEASE DATE
4/7/2023
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The title track to The Hackles’ third studio album, “What a beautiful thing I have made” is about longing, regret and all the things that can’t be controlled in life — and how we try to make peace with that reality. The themes weave through the album, personal and weighty but with a sly side of fantasy novel references. (Can you spot the nod to Terry Pratchett? Hint: It’s not turtles all the way down)
Formed in 2017, The Hackles are Kati Claborn (vocals/guitar/banjo/clarinet) and Luke Ydstie (vocals/guitar/bass/keys) of Blind Pilot, and Halli Anderson (vocals/violin) of River Whyless and Horse Feathers. Claborn and Ydstie also play regularly with Horse Feathers as well as folk legend Michael Hurley and “cosmic country lawn gnome” Bart Budwig.
The Hackles’ new album pushes the trio’s experimental folk sound and interest in playing with harmony, voice and genre. It is an album firmly rooted in place, written from their homes above the Columbia River in Astoria, Ore., and recorded in the Astoria-based Rope Room studio.
The band says:
"For several years we lived and worked on our friend's farm when we were home from touring.
We built fences, repaired outbuildings, dug rows, and witnessed the farm's continual cycle of birth and decay- something always growing and something always falling apart. Over time, leftover scraps from projects and various rusty items coalesced into a visually arresting pile of garbage. We developed a deep appreciation for this garbage pile, admiring it more than many of our more intentional constructions.
In making this record, we tried to hold the songs not too tightly, so that they might morph bit by bit into something more compelling, beautiful & weird than our initial understanding of them.
We threw ideas on the pile till it became something that spoke to us and surprised us.
A reimagining of The Pile by artist Will Elias graces the cover of this forthcoming album "What a beautiful thing I have made." Recorded in Astoria, Oregon in 2021-22, it is our third studio album, and will be available in The World on April 7th."
EXPLORE
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SticklerPhonics
Technicolor Ghost Parade
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Federale
Reverb & Seduction
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Old Unconscious
The Circular Ruins
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Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
Save It For Later
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Eyelids
No Jigsaw
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Gabadon
On Gabadon
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Boxhead Ensemble
Ancient Music
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Marisa Anderson & Tara Jane O'Neil
For All We Know
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Blue Cranes
My Only Secret
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Johanna Samuels
Bystander
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Califone
villagers
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Jenny Conlee
Tides: Pieces For Accordion And Piano
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The Hackles
Song For The Fool
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Eyelids
A Colossal Waste Of Light
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The Delines
The Lost Duets
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Jon Brion
Meaningless
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Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
Last Stars First Light
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No. 2
First Love
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José Medeles
Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems
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Dave Depper
Moon Safari
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Federale
Our Side Of Their Story
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Adam Selzer
Slow Decay
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The Delines
The Sea Drift
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Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
Desert Rebel + Turning The Corner
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Motrik
MØØN: The Cosmic Electrics of MØTRIK
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Eyelids
Eyelids Dubble Live!
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Chris Funk
Songs For Dog Fitness
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Chainsaw Records
Chainsaw Records Bundle
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Longstocking
Singles & Demos: 1994-1998
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Infinite X's
Infinite X's
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Longstocking
Once Upon A Time Called Now
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Dave Depper
Europa
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The Hackles
Making Baby Keys In The Darkness + Houses
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Califone
Needle In The Hay + Crazy As A Loon
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Jeff London
Trouble Trust
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Motrik
Artificial Head
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Slanted Floors
Pink Heaven
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Chris Funk
The Painted Porch
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No. 2
You Might Be Right
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Marisa Anderson & Tara Jane O'Neil
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
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Eyelids
The Accidental Falls
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John Cameron Mitchell & Eyelids
Turning Time Around EP
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Califone
Echo Mine
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The Delines
Eight Floors Up
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The Hackles
A Dobritch Did As A Dobritch Should
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Federale
No Justice
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Defective AI
A Book Of Coherent Warnings
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Team Dresch
Your Hands My Pockets
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