THE FLOWERS OF HELL

The Flowers Of Hell

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Post Rock/Math rock

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Studio Album, released in 2006

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. The Sunrise Retreat (3:05)
2. Opt Out (13:34)
3. Sympathy for Vengance (7:45)
4. Foreign Lands (6:19)
5. Compound Fractures (3:53)
6. Through the F Hole (4:50)
7. The Joy of Sleeping (3:43)
8. A Moment in Time (3:32)
9. Phase One Radiator (0:49)
10. Telescopic Suite (6:09)

Total Time 53:39

Line-up / Musicians

- Ruth Barlow / EBow, Telecaster guitar, melodica, Hammond organ
- Abi Fry / viola
- Steve Head / Hammond organ, piano, Telecaster guitar, bass
- Tom Hodges / tenor saxophone, saw, flute, bass, harmonica
- Guri Hummelsund / drums & percussion, vocals
- Owen James / trumpet, cornet
- Greg Jarvis / Stratocaster guitar, bells, EBow, vocals
- Barry Newman / bass, Telecaster guitar, Hammond organ

With:
- Peter 'Sonic Boom' Kember / vox continental, additional vocals (6)
- Tim Holmes / tambourine (2)
- Julian Lwin / tablas (4)

Releases information

CD Digipak Earworm - EGS10 (2006, UK)

CD Minimax Star Mole Records - stmr16 (2007, Japan), re-issue with two bonus tracks.

Gatefold vinyl LP & 7" bonus LP, Limited Edition, reissue, translucent forest green Not On Label - HTRCD91 (2022, Canada) Remastered for LP by Peter J Moore in 2022.

Digital album

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Review by Sean Trane
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Folk

Another one of these Post Rock bands built on the GYBE8 sound, but this one is from the UK. Their debut album sports an Espers folk-like artwork, but it's nothing to do with the excellent American prog folk group. Indeed this octet develops a rather conservative Constellation label type of post rock, with slightly cheesier ambiances, partly due to the brass instruments, especially the Spanish-sounding trumpet. Lead by Greg Jarvis' (who also co-produces), the eight members are all multi-instrumentalists, except for Abi Fry with her viola. Instruments range from ebow, melodica, sax, saw, flute, harmonica, cornet, and a tad of vocals.

Ten tracks, ranging from the almost 1-min long Radiator to the 13-mins Opt out (not a bad idea, actually), but it's really nothing you haven't heard 100 times if you've investigated post rock for almost 15 years like I have. Don't get me wrong, if you're in that kind of sonic realm, this is bound to please you, because it's got all the typical post rock elements and doesn't add anything to the genre. In occasions, there are bits that sound a bit raga-like, namely the aptly titled Foreign Lands. The vocals are mostly limited to the choirs of Joy Of Sleeping, a very cheesy track The repetitive/minimalist ambiances and riffs are not exactly exuberant, but no more depressing than most of the other groups delving into the genre. This is really up to you to see if you really want to investigate FOH, but if you've got an extended post-rock collection, you'd have to be a monomaniac to still be hungry to discover second or third generation groups like this one, especially if they don't bring something different or reinvent it.

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