It’s been a real long time since Nashville’s The Wild Feathers visited Portland, Oregon, but the country rock band made a return visit to Polaris Hall this past Wednesday night in support of their latest album, 2024’s Sirens.

Nathan Graham provided an excellent opening to the evening, sharing stories and interacting often with the small and intimate crowd who had gathered despite the chill outside before bassist Joel King, drummer Ben Dumas, and guitarists Ricky Young, Taylor Burns, and Brett Moore took the stage. “Sanctuary,” one of the tracks from the latest album, provided an easy start to the show before the band transitioned into full rock mode with faster tracks like “Quittin’ Time” and “Backwoods Company.” Each album got some time in the spotlight with the group rotating through newer tracks like “Stereo” and “Pretending” before dipping into “Out on the Road” from Alvarado and “Big Sky” from 2018’s Greetings from the Neon Frontier. The 2016 album Lonely is a Lifetime did feel a bit lonely, only appearing one time with the track “Happy Again” finding a slot. One highlight in the middle of the set was a covering of the Traveling Wilburys track “Handle with Care,” which seemed perfectly appropriate for The Wild Feathers who have always had a similar dynamic to the classic supergroup, with Young, King, and Burns all sharing vocal duties across the band’s catalog.

Afterwards, the band moved on to some of their crowd favorites like “Left My Woman,” a gem from their self-titled debut album back in 2013, and, of course, “The Ceiling,” the hit song which launched their success (and deservedly so!) It would have been easy to end the night there, but the groovy “Ain’t Lookin’” quickly followed with Burns taking the lead while Young jumped offstage and moved into the crowd, continuing to play along on his acoustic guitar. A quick encore break followed before Nathan Graham was invited back onstage to jam with everyone in a spirited cover of The Allman Brothers’ “One Way Out” to close out the night.