The Flowers Of Hell | ||||
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Released | November 27, 2006 | |||
Genre | Post-rock, space rock, shoegaze | |||
Length | 53:39 | |||
Label | Earworm Records | |||
Producer | Tim Holmes, Greg Jarvis | |||
The Flowers of Hell chronology | ||||
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The Flowers Of Hell is the 2006 instrumental self-titled debut album from the experimental rock group The Flowers of Hell. [1] It was largely recorded by Tim Holmes of Death In Vegas at the Contino Rooms in London. [2] Peter ‘Sonic Boom’ Kember of Spacemen 3 mentored the band through its creation, [3] mixed and performed on the track 'Through The F Hole', [4] contributed a liner note poem to the Japanese CD version, [5] and guest deejayed at the record's London release concert. Band leader Greg Jarvis has stated that the goal of the album was to build classical tangents from The Velvet Underground & Nico and the Spacemen 3 / early Spiritualized sound. [5]
The record was initially released in the UK in 2006 by Earworm Records ( Spacemen 3, Bright Eyes, Apples In Stereo), [4] followed by a release in Japan in 2007 by Starmole Records. [6]
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Time Out | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The album received coverage from a significant amount of UK press outlets including Q magazine, Rock Sound, Time Out, The Evening Standard, The Times and Metro, along with feature interviews in Japan's major music magazines (Loud, Rockin'On Japan), and reviews from key US sites ( Pitchfork, AllMusic). [7] [1]
The release was praised for building on a unique combination of the sounds of the early Velvet Underground and the Flowers of Hell's Spacemen 3 mentors by adding strings and trumpets. [8] [9] Some reviews were critical that tracks meandered, [3] [7] yet all were in consensus that the record marked the arrival of a group to watch [10] [9] [1] with The Times declaring it "classical music for shoegazers". [11] BBC radio session recordings of the group performing songs from the album have continued to be aired on BBC 6 from 2007 through to the 2020s. [12] [13]
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The Flowers Of Hell | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 27, 2006 | |||
Genre | Post-rock, space rock, shoegaze | |||
Length | 53:39 | |||
Label | Earworm Records | |||
Producer | Tim Holmes, Greg Jarvis | |||
The Flowers of Hell chronology | ||||
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The Flowers Of Hell is the 2006 instrumental self-titled debut album from the experimental rock group The Flowers of Hell. [1] It was largely recorded by Tim Holmes of Death In Vegas at the Contino Rooms in London. [2] Peter ‘Sonic Boom’ Kember of Spacemen 3 mentored the band through its creation, [3] mixed and performed on the track 'Through The F Hole', [4] contributed a liner note poem to the Japanese CD version, [5] and guest deejayed at the record's London release concert. Band leader Greg Jarvis has stated that the goal of the album was to build classical tangents from The Velvet Underground & Nico and the Spacemen 3 / early Spiritualized sound. [5]
The record was initially released in the UK in 2006 by Earworm Records ( Spacemen 3, Bright Eyes, Apples In Stereo), [4] followed by a release in Japan in 2007 by Starmole Records. [6]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rock Sound | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Evening Standard | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Time Out | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Times | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The album received coverage from a significant amount of UK press outlets including Q magazine, Rock Sound, Time Out, The Evening Standard, The Times and Metro, along with feature interviews in Japan's major music magazines (Loud, Rockin'On Japan), and reviews from key US sites ( Pitchfork, AllMusic). [7] [1]
The release was praised for building on a unique combination of the sounds of the early Velvet Underground and the Flowers of Hell's Spacemen 3 mentors by adding strings and trumpets. [8] [9] Some reviews were critical that tracks meandered, [3] [7] yet all were in consensus that the record marked the arrival of a group to watch [10] [9] [1] with The Times declaring it "classical music for shoegazers". [11] BBC radio session recordings of the group performing songs from the album have continued to be aired on BBC 6 from 2007 through to the 2020s. [12] [13]
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Guests
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