Feelings, The - Dearling Darling

The second record from Portland's The Feelings.

Ralf, Loren, Tim and Pat are back with a new record produced by Aaron Day (Sone, California). Exploring strange new worlds of technical aptitude and sonic cohesion, the Feelings crafted a swirling dervish of a record, one that combines the bitter and the sweet to ends that are, frankly, totally rad. Their approach to songwriting is relentless but not excessive, seditious but never insincere. Like their cohorts in the Halo Benders & Built to Spill (2 bands with which Feelings guitarist Ralf plays), the Feelings know what to do with a catchy melody when they find it: they play it.