page_title: Felt (The Chain Gang of 1974 album)
section_title: Recording
hierarchical_section_title: Felt (The Chain Gang of 1974 album) / Recording
caption_attribution_description: Thom Powers from The Naked and Famous
context_page_description: Felt is a studio album by American musician Kamtin Mohager, released under his indietronica moniker, The Chain Gang of 1974. The fourth studio album by The Chain Gang of 1974, it was the second album released under a major label on June 23, 2017, through Virgin Records subsidiary Caroline Records. The album, described by Mohager as the most "honest" album he's created, represents a change of the Chain Gang's sound to a more pop-centric approach, detailing the personal experiences of Mohager and "the feelings of [his] past". The album's sound is the result of Mohager being exposed to new sounds during his time writing songs outside of the Chain Gang, in the years following the successful Daydream Forever. The album was produced by Thom Powers of The Naked and Famous, and also features a guest appearance by the band's lead singer, Alisa Xayalith. Powers befriended Mohager after years of touring together, and became involved in the production of Felt early on. The album's released was preceded by various live performances by the Chain Gang in the months leading up, along with the release of three tracks from the album on singles and extended plays in 2016 and 2017.
context_section_description: Felt was recorded with producer Thom Powers, from The Naked and Famous. While Mohager and The Naked and Famous have performed together on occasions since 2012, it took Powers to "[reach] out on a very humble level" to Mohager for a musical relationship between the two to start. Powers' involvement in Felt started in 2015, when Mohager demoed a few songs he had written for a potential new album to him, and afterwards started to write songs together for a year, before heading into the studio to record and produce the album itself. Mohager himself deemed Powers to be the "perfect producer for this album", describing him as a "key factor in pushing me to be more confident with my songwriting, even to the point where he encouraged me to start taking vocal lessons and learning more about my craft." The album's fourth track, "Forget", features guest vocals from The Naked and Famous' lead singer Alisa Xayalith.
caption: Thom Powers of The Naked and Famous co-wrote and produced the album.
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