A Feather In The Engine def jam with Miles Davis’ highly respected

with Miles Davis’ highly respected rhythm section (pianist Red Garland

With a string of successful singles and sold-out tours

The Lovin’Spoonful

artwork done by Sam Mcpheeters of Born Against and Wrangler Brutes

machine-based improvisation and the exploration of transferring tangible messages to musical constructs

A Feather In The Engine def jam with Miles Davis’ highly respectedRecorded at home and mostly alone (The Verlaines Graeme Downes provides lush string arrangements), David Kilgour once called A Feather in the Engine, his first album for Merge, the most solo LP Ive made. Interpolating his genius for guitar pop through acoustic guitars and gorgeous instrumentals, its melodies unfold gently, suggesting that the 13 songs here, written over the course of four years, were searching Kilgour as much as he was searching them.