SPIN.com's Top 5 Up-and-Coming Montreal Bands
Spin hits the underbelly of Pop! Montreal to discover the next Arcade Fire. Fun, quirky, pretty pop hooks and jolly keyboard melodies with Ska rhythms and earnest vocal howls have made a local favorite of this Vampire Weekend-esque, geek-chic band of pals who met at McGill University. They've toured with the likes of Metric and have a album on the way -- heck, they're on the way!  – Spin Magazine / August 08, 2008
 
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"Hey! Let's go outside, put the car in drive, to the cornfield's side," The Lovely Feathers' Richard Yanofsky sings on the band's latest album. "Then we'll take off our pants, kiss the corn and dance, kiss the corn and romance." The Montreal band is bursting with absurd yet carefree lyrics, coupled with exuberant pop hooks and calls to the dance floor on debut full-length, Hind Hind Legs.
 
The record is equally infused with the band's eccentric personalities: Yanofsky claims to be plagued by guilt for not yielding to his grandmother and becoming a doctor; guitarist Mark Kupfert has an obsession with tabloids; bassist Noah Bernamoff was almost a professional hockey player; pianist Daniel Suss is an expert on East Asian politics and drummer Ted Suss has a weakness for riot girls. Their sound might not be cohesive, easily categorized or logical, but the Lovely Feathers have managed to come up with one singular focus: making you dance. – Spin Magazine / May 05, 2006
 
Drowned in Sound in Montreal: M for Magnificent 
Easily the most 'accessible' of DiS' three tips from Montr¨¦al, but don't read that a sleight on their multi-layered soundgasms. Coming off like a meld of our beloved Youthmovies circle-jerking with Razorlight's undeniable pop hooks and the playful melody of Belle & Sebastian, The Lovely Feathers could quite easily become the biggest alternative pop band in the world. They've presence, looks and on tonight's appearance, come replete with a keyboardist sporting sparkly hot pants. Shove that all in a ever-so-slightly ramshackle melting pot and you've got The Lovely Feathers. They really are quite lovely... - Drownedinsound.com

Live, Montreal's Lovely Feathers are an instant sell - all ebullient, interactive energy. On disc, they require more work, and not just because Mark Kupfert and Richard Yanofsky's hyper vocals can be jarring. There's lots going on here, and their frenetic brand of geek-rock - like a much more ambitious Weezer on amphetamines - requires multiple listens. But with slicker production and less filler than the limited-release My Best Friend Daniel, Hind Hind Legs pays off mightily. Updates of Daniel standouts (The Only Appalachian Cornfield, Lion Eats the Wildebeast) and new efforts (Pope John Paul, In the Valley) showcase some of Canada's freshest songwriting. If there's any justice, these guys will be huge  - The National Post
 
The Lovely Feathers seem poised for success: They hail from the buzzing indie beehive of Montreal; they're labelmates with Islands on the newly formed Equator Records; hell, they even have a name derived from the animal kingdom and Marcel Dzama-esque illustrations on their album sleeve. But it isn't merely the contemporary cred signifiers that make Lovely Feathers a potential hype band; it's the music.  Armed with a sophisticated pop sensibility, the Lovely Feathers are never short of musical ideas, as they spastically shift tempo, volume, and style in highly compressed spaces. The songs are unpredictable, leaping from barely-there strumming and whispered vocals to bombastic full-band arrangements. Album opener "Pope John Paul", for example, effortlessly packs at least five different parts-- only two of which repeat-- into less than four minutes. 
 
There's strong evidence here that the Lovely Feathers are a superb indie pop group in the making; enough, even, to make you forget the lackluster lyrics. "In the Valley" is the band at its tightest, as the thumping bass of its disco-tinged intro gives way to razor-sharp guitar interplay and a swooning string section. "Wrong Choice" is classic indie rock in the Weezer vein, with sing-
along verses and swelling choruses. 
 
The Lovely Feathers have the potential to shape their ideas into something more focused, and the songs on Hind Hind Legs would have carried more weight had they not been sabotaged by silliness and fluffy wordplay. Maybe Yanofsky had this in mind on "Ooh You Shocked Me", when he sang, "Who has a heart? I have a heart." Perhaps next time, he'll prove that sentiment to be more than just another ironic line.  - PitchFork / John Motley / April 27, 2006