“They take orchestral pop to the next level” Rolling Stone
“Stirringly evocative” NME 8/10
“As much pop masterpiece as sonic experimentation” Exclaim
“Classical music for shoegazers” The Times
Celebrated space-rockers The Flowers of Hell
with The Ostrich Tuning
Tranzac Main Hall,
Friday 21 September, 8pm
October 2nd will see the release of trans-atlantic experimental orchestral group The Flowers Of Hell’s fourth album, ‘Odes’, an orch-pop covers record. Their current and past work has established them as an “artist’s artist”, with praise having come from members of My Bloody Valentine, Spiritualized, Spacemen 3, The Wedding Present, Death In Vegas, The Patti Smith Group, The Fugs and Laurie Anderson amongst others. ‘Odes’ features The Flowers’ interpretations of songs written by Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Siouxie & The Banshees, Laurie Anderson, Klaatu, Stereolab, Joy Division, Neutral Milk Hotel, Fleetwood Mac, and the Plastic People Of The Universe.Based in Toronto and London, with a revolving membership of 16 or so musicians, the Flowers Of Hell are led by Canadian synaesthette Greg Jarvis who co-produced the album with Peter Moore (John Cale, Neil Young, Cowboy Junkies). The album includes collaborations with British Sea Power’s Neil Wilkinson and Abi Fry (the latter being a founding member of the Flowers), as well as the Czech dissident musician Ivo Pospíšil, a key member of The Plastic People Of The Universe’s many offshoot groups.
