Thursday, July 4, 2013

Flowers - when you lie EP (Cloudberry)

Flowers are a new-ish band just making their way in the wacky world of pop. I saw them live earlier in the year, to be honest i hadn't heard of them before, but they genuinely blew me away with their fuzzy indie pop over a female vocal at times strong but always fragile. The title track is all garage-y and raw, sounding like it was recorded in someone's shed and probably was, no matter as it has a pop hook to die for.

Another wonderful track is the jangley and echoey "Watch and wonder", the sometimes howling vocals washing over the rough-edged melody. "You held my hand" has a real 80s post-punk feel to it, beats that hiss off in all directions and guitars that rumble from the depths. Amazing debut. Harsh but beautiful.

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