Feather Beds: The Skeletal System | Album Review

Despite having been in such bands as Autumn Owls, Subplots and The Star Department, Dublin-born Michael Orange isn’t that well known in his native city, but the now Montreal-based musician has made sure to spread the word via a series of shifting ambient tunes that have been swirling around for some time.

After a series of miscued release dates, The Skeletal System is now officially on release, and if you're after the kind of pop-oriented music (an askew version) that is underpinned with touches of The Cure (Airbrushed), Elliot Smith (the delicate, almost-falsetto vocals), and a beguiling mix of harmony-drenched Beach Boys (Walter) and fragile-like Animal Collective (On Your Deathbed), then you'll get these here in abundance.

Factor in romantic narrative themes and you have textured melancholia a-go-go.