If you were one of the thousands of excited people to see Depeche Mode at South By Southwest this year, then you probably also saw Feathers. The Austin electro-pop band had the honor of opening up for the veteran crew, and don’t doubt they had a good time doing it.
Band leader Anastasia Dimou sat down with me before SXSW began, to talk about what’s so inspiring about the festival, and what it was like to shoot the video for “Land of the Innocent,” featured in the interview above.
Feathers also features Courtney Voss of Missions, keyboardist Kathleen Carmichael and drummer Jordan Johns from Sound Team on top of alternating members Destiny Montague (Shock Cinema/Midnight Masses) and Alex Gehring (Ringo Deathstarr). The group’s debut album, “If All Now Here,” will be out on April 15. Another video, “Soft,” is featured below, should you want more (and you should).