Unsheathed Glory - Featherfey
Released: October 1 On their first album in just over a year, Unsheathed Glory brings us a new body of work that is equal truly epic and fantastic in multiple meanings of the word. But aside from the firmly established dungeon and fantasy synth aesthetics, there is another element that immediately stood out to me on the first listen that I couldn’t quite put nail down at first. Then, once I figured it out, it was a whole other level of fun for me. That is, the absolute ballad-like feel that we begin the album with and sort of sticks around throughout. In the very first track, this theme is established slowly, starting out with gentle piano keys and airy pads taking us to the moment where the shift shows up. Everything drops out suddenly returns with powerful and tastefully reverbed drums make it feel so much larger than before. This ballad-like motif carries on in more muted ways for a good chunk of the album, like on the more fantasy oriented “Castle in the Mushroom Tree” as it b...
