The Ruffled Feathers Indie Rock Band from Vancouver, BC

The Ruffled Feathers are known for their combination of haunting female vocals, carefully crafted harmonies, multi-instrumentation, and brazen horns. Taking inspiration from the likes of Beirut, The Arcade Fire, and Belle and Sebastian, the band weaves fables of revolution, love stories, and cities away from home. Listeners expecting conventional guitar-driven indie-pop will find themselves swept into complex arrangements of trumpets and strings instead. Their first EP titled Lost Cities was recorded in the summer of 2010 and features intimate guitar ballads (Your Embrace), upbeat piano driven rock (Home), and experimental pop (Paloma). Their follow-up full length album, Oracles (2012), featured their successful single “Blueprints for our Failed Revolution” and marked the band's first major music video endeavor. Propelled by a dedication to complex songwriting and challenging music, The Ruffled Feathers plunge into the tragic beauty of a modern dystopia in their unreleased EP Bottom of the Blue ( June 2014). The recorded collection illustrates the band's pop interpretation of genres from the classical era, the 40's, 80's jazz and modern rock. Contrary to Lost Cities and Oracles, Bottom of the Blue was recorded with producer Rob Stefanson (Hey Ocean!, Hannah Georgas, We are the City). The Ruffled Feathers current lineup is Gina Loes (vocals, guitar, ukulele), Andrew Lee (trumpet, vocals), Sam MacKinnon (drums), Molly MacKinnon (violin), Sophia Xiang (keys), and Paolo Brian (bass). With an undercurrent of new musicianship and talent, live performances of the songs diverge from the recordings in style, arrangement and dynamics to produce a unique show experience that stands alone.