Pluto

***Pluto*** is the second full length album by Owosso based indie pop act Great Lakes Feather Company. *Pluto,* while still being led by GLFC's sole member Miles Winchester, was heavily influenced by many others who helped in its creation. Eleven unique voices were featured on the album, and with fourteen tracks in total it is currently Great Lakes Feather Company's largest album when talking about number of tracks.

## Background

Great Lakes Feather Company went into a hiatus after the release of *Woods*. The project had only intended on being Winchester's senior project and he had little to no intentions of perusing the project again. Then friend, Marcus Perez (known by his stage name as Captn Marco) convinced Winchester to try creating another album in order to help grow and diversify Winchester's musicianship. Captn Marco, Jon Gibbs, White Chocolate, and Young Linners became temporary members of Great Lakes Feather Company in order to help complete the album.

Various vocalists were contacted in order to complete the vocal work and even some of the lyrics on the album including Nate Hall, Jared Rupert, Micalya Marks, Kenaniah North, Matt McNamara (of Pleasant Accidents), and James Schramm.

Schramm also provided the mixing and mastering on this project, he'd go on to help Winchester out on Great Lakes Feather Company's next project, *Atlantis*.

In order to promote the upcoming record, as well as reach out to other artists who might be interested in collaborating, Great Lakes Feather Company performed at *Clearingfest* on March 2, 2013. GLFC debuted the fan favorite "Butterface" here, a comedy song satirizing how hip hop music degrades women.

Closer to the release, Great Lakes Feather Company performed at Kenfest 2013 which was held on April 20, 2013. The songs performed were "The Black Hole", "Scrambled Eggs" (from *Woods*), "Butterface", "Jiggle", and "Phonebooth".

## Release and promotion

Pluto was released on May 24, 2013. Multiple reviews were written on various platforms, praising the alternative and experimental flavors and twists on conventional pop and hip hop rhetoric. *Pluto* was described as being notably more comedic than *Woods,*as well as a marketed improvement in general. *Two Guys Metal Reviews* noted, "The generally progressive nature of a lot of the longer songs...". Nathan Gitchell on *Ultimate-Guitar.com* noted, "[Great Lakes Feather Company] is still finding its sound, and it shows. At its anchor, Miles Winchester tries to provide a center for the band. His beats and his music lead this eclectic, behemoth of an album to its goals, whether they succeed or fail.".

Eddie Rod was recruited to direct the only music video from *Pluto*, for the song "Classic Night". The video was released to Eddie Rod's official YouTube channel on August 18, 2013. The video stars White Chocolate, Miles Winchester, and Young Linners roaming different areas of Owosso describing their own definition of a 'classic night'.

On August 24, 2013, Great Lakes Feather Company performed their final show for the next two years at the *Whitley Benefit Concert*. The performance included a collaboration with Jordan Sovis and Dan Riley to perform screamdance's "Garden Valley".

## Personnel

* Miles Winchester - Composition, Lyrics, Instruments, Vocals
* James Schramm - Mixing, Mastering, Lyrics on "PNG", Keytar on "PNG", and Vocals on "PNG" and "Neptune"
* Captn Marco - Production Help on "The Struggle", Vocals and Lyrics on "Female", "Butterface", "Catharsis", and "Neptune"
* White Chocolate - Vocals and Lyrics on "Butterface" and "Classic Night", Vocals on "Neptune"
* Kenaniah North - Vocals on "Mechanical Heart", "The Black Hole", and "Neptune", Lyrics on "The Black Hole" and "Neptune
* Young Linners - Vocals and Lyrics on "The Struggle", "Classic Night" and "Neptune"
* Matt McNamara - Vocals and Lyrics on "Phonebooth", Vocals on "Neptune"
* Jon Gibbs - Vocals on "Butterface" and "Classic Night", Lyrics and Vocals on "Neptune"
* Nate Hall - Vocals and Lyrics on "Jiggle", "Catharsis", and "Neptune"
* Micayla Marks - Vocals on "Mechanical Heart" and "Neptune"
* Jared Rupert - Vocals and Lyrics on "Female"
* Orion McMullen - Production Help on "Catharsis"

## References

1. ↑ https://greatlakesfeathercompany.bandcamp.com/album/pluto
2. ↑ https://www.reverbnation.com/artist\_3196709/bio
3. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/jiggle-featuring-nate-hall-and?in=greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/pluto
4. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/catharsis-featuring-nate-hall?in=greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/pluto
5. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/neptune-featuring-miles-taylor?in=greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/pluto
6. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/female-featuring-jared-rupert?in=greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/pluto
7. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/mechanical-heart-featuring?in=greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/pluto
8. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/mechanical-heart-featuring?in=greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/pluto
9. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/the-black-hole-featuring?in=greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/pluto
10. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/neptune-featuring-miles-taylor?in=greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/pluto
11. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/phonebooth-featuring-matt?in=greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/pluto
12. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/neptune-featuring-miles-taylor?in=greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/pluto
13. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/png-featuring-james-and-the?in=greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/pluto
14. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/neptune-featuring-miles-taylor?in=greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/pluto
15. ↑ https://greatlakesfeathercompany.bandcamp.com/album/atlantis
16. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/events/348035215311630/
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19. ↑ https://greatlakesfeathercompany.bandcamp.com/album/pluto
20. ↑ https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact\_discs/great\_lakes\_feather\_company/pluto/index.html
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22. ↑ https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact\_discs/great\_lakes\_feather\_company/pluto/index.html
23. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHGgomaQhls
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