Manchester, UK via Athens, GA trio Feather Trade have released their new single, A Ready Defense, via all major platforms. The track begins with slow military drums and a heaven sent bass line before exploding into waves of crushing and coruscating guitars, ebbing and flowing through almost six minutes. It follows their previous single Big Nobody and comes ahead of their debut studio album that is scheduled for released in the Spring of 2024. Feather Trade are also currently on tour in the UK in support of A Ready Defense, with the current run of dates culminating at Oxford’s The Bullingdon alongside The Chameleons. “The song came to me in a fever dream when I was very ill while visiting family during a holiday season a few years ago. I wouldn’t say this was ever meant to be a ‘Christ...