Tickley Feather

**Tickley Feather** is the solo project of musician Annie Sachs, known for her lo-fi, bedroom-recorded experimental pop. Emerging in the late 2000s, her sound blends warped synths, hazy vocals, and DIY charm, often evoking a surreal, psychedelic collage of analog tape hiss and off-kilter melodies. Her self-titled debut album (2009), released on Animal Collective’s Paw Tracks label, solidified her as a cult favorite in the indie underground, with tracks like “Hors D’ouvres” and “123” showcasing her knack for turning ramshackle recordings into oddly hypnotic earworms. Sachs’ music feels like a secret whispered through a busted cassette player—playful, eerie, and unapologetically homemade.