Horse Feathers / The Hackles at Trout Lake Hall
August 27 @ 6:00 pm
Thursday, August 27th, 2026
TICKETS RELEASE FRIDAY, JUNE 5th at 10AM!
$25 Advance // $30 Day Of Show
6pm Doors / 7pm Show
All Ages
HORSE FEATHERS
In 2026, Horse Feathers’ debut album, Words Are Dead, celebrates its 20th anniversary. Kill Rock Stars is set to release a deluxe reissue that will be completely remastered and pressed on an exclusive vinyl color. It will include a replica of their original six-song demo CD in the package, along with a deluxe foil-stamped LP jacket.
To support the release, Horse Feathers’ current ensemble of Justin Ringle (guitar, vocals, banjo), Nathan Crockett (violin, saw), Halli Anderson of River Whyless (violin, vocals), Kati Claborn of Blind Pilot (banjo, vocals, clarinet), and Luke Ydstie also of Blind Pilot (bass, cello, vocals) faithfully recreate the mood of the original release with taut dynamics and sensitive arrangements.
In the years following Words Are Dead, Horse Feathers quietly built a body of work defined by patience and evolution rather than reinvention. Records like House With No Home, Thistled Spring, and Cynic’s New Year expanded their sonic palette without abandoning the restraint that first set them apart. By the time of Appreciation, the band had begun to open its sound outward, introducing richer arrangements and a subtle warmth that suggested growth without rupture. Through it all, Ringle remained a steady center, writing songs that favored emotional precision over spectacle.
The reissue of Words Are Dead does not attempt to rewrite that history. Instead, it brings the origin point back into focus, offering a rare chance to hear where it all began while recognizing how far the project has traveled since.
Revisiting the album now, with two decades of distance, reveals not just a beginning but a foundation. The same careful interplay, the same attention to space and tone, still anchors the band’s work today. In that sense, the reissue feels less like a retrospective and more like a continuation. A reminder that some records do not age so much as they wait for the right moment to be heard again.
THE HACKLES
The Hackles are a folk collaboration from Astoria, Oregon, where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean.
Comprised of Kati Claborn, Luke Ydstie, and Halli Anderson, the band is slated to release their fourth full-length album, I’ve Got Sugar, Who’s My Neighbor? in the fall of 2026.
Powerful harmonies and an unconventional and nuanced use of guitar, violin, banjo and clarinet combine to create a compelling and unique brand of folk that lies somewhere between Appalachia and Topanga Canyon. The songs are imbued with compassion, humor and a dark honesty.
The trio have a decade’s-plus worth of touring under their belts nationally and internationally as The Hackles and as members of Horsefeathers, Blind Pilot (Claborn & Ydstie), and River Whyless (Anderson).
“Highly refined songwriting & awe-inspiring harmonies”- Rough Trade
“Intelligent, highly-melodic song-writing with infectious instrumental hooks, perfectly offset by sumptuous harmonies”- David Pratt, Folk Radio UK
