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It's hard to ignore a song as dreamy, psychedelic, hypnotic, and broadly experimental as this. The band seem to thrive off making music that inspires transcendence and 'Where The Wild Flowers Grow Fondly' makes a fine starting point for this largely unknown band signed to West Country indie label Istartedthefire. You can watch the video to it first on Gigwise below.
Thematically the video (directed by Chris Jackson) and track (produced by James Bragg- Genghar, Tourists) are based around the confusion of a new beginning, escapism and positive reflection. Visually questioning the ‘Normal’ and origins of familiar structures the video features an essay piece by Oscar Gaynor, which touches on our instincts and emotions through these seemingly new encounters.
Sonically the track meanders through college rock, wigged-out shoegaze, electronic experimentalism similar to the journeys the most primitive electronic artists made in the late 0s at the Zodiac Club in West Berlin, and hypnotic repetitve Kraut beats.
The album this cut is picked from comes out 3 March and explores said college rock influences, Britpop and shoegaze from the late 80’s and early 90’s. Producer James Bragg of Gengahr fame was at the controls for the albumand him and the band took Andy Oliveri's natural songwriting craft apart, broke all the rules and created a diversity of fragility, sleazy guitar licks and late night poolside synth jams - well worth a spin.
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