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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Epstein on November 07, 2009, 08:42:33 pm
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I am putting out this 12" in the next two months. if you like interpol, bauhaus, or any of that junk, you might like this. sneak peak at: http://www.myspace.com/fandeathrecords
Artist: Puerto Rico Flowers
Title: 4
Format: 12" Vinyl
Catalog Number: FDR-013
Release Date: January 19 2010
Description: This is the debut ep from Puerto Rico Flowers and it is called 4 because there are 4 songs on it. If there were 5 songs it would be called 5. Bass/Drums/Synthesizer/Vocals found here. Slow songs not unlike a skinhead crying. John Sharkey III wrote and recorded them. He lives in America and Australia. Yes, he used to be in Clockclean Er but he also used to be a smoker. He gave that up a long time ago. Performances are seasonal and enjoyable. Thank you.
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who else thinks cold cave is a total crock of hipster shit? nothing interesting or innovative about that post-screamo dude at all. just generic synth-punk with no memorable melodies. do yourself a favor and listen to OMD or new order instead.
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polvo re unions
still pimpin stupid pysch no one cares about?
kurt vile #1
im riding trends
i made a poem
i kid
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who else thinks cold cave is a total crock of hipster shit? nothing interesting or innovative about that post-screamo dude at all. just generic synth-punk with no memorable melodies. do yourself a favor and listen to OMD or new order instead.
im kidding btw and i agree
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Andrew was telling me about this literally right as you were posting it. Weird.
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yeah its good stuff, you might like it
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Sounds like the furthest thing from Clockcleaner imaginable. Or maybe that's the idea.
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it is, its very weird to hear him sing those lyrics
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there's more soul in one polvo riff than that cold cave dude could muster in his whole career. i've seen cold cave twice, btw, and have heard some of his/their recordings. not impressed by any of it. he's pulled the wool over many an eye.
puerto rico flowers sounds ok so far. i like sharkey and am willing to listen to whatever he's puttin' out there. the dude's a real maverick.
and yes, i will always pimp stupid psych that noone cares about. just like you will pimp stupid lo-fi noise-rock that noone cares about. however, you have seemed to hit it big by pimping kurt vile. that dude's gonna be BIG.
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WTF was Cold Cave doing on the No Fun Fest bill this year, anyway?
I was a little surprised that that BC backstage Kurt Vile show didn't sell out. It was also surprising that he had a good 90-minute set in him but thought it got to be a little overkill.
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http://www.bmoremusic.net/2009/11/puerto-rico-flowers-4.html
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this is out now...
you can order here http://fandeathrecords.mybisi.com/product/194902/Puerto-Rico-Flowers--4-FDR-013_1111423.html
http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/19/freak-scene-50-puerto-rico-flowers-death-domain-and-native-cats/#ixzz0dIwZ4KP0 (http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/19/freak-scene-50-puerto-rico-flowers-death-domain-and-native-cats/#ixzz0dIwZ4KP0)
Clockcleaner?s Babylon Rules is one of my favorite records?ever. Sure, the lyrics were kind of hokey. How many times can you make a crack about a girl not letting you cum inside her? And how many goofy guys actually believed that whole jokey shock-jock misogyny the group spewed? However, there was something, perhaps the jams or the knowledge that there was a sense of humor underneath, that transcended it all. So imagine my surprise to hear Clockcleaner singer/guitarist John Sharkey III?s new project, Puerto Rico Flowers. There are definitely no lyrics about cum and daddy issues on this one. It?s all very serious and very dramatic and very moody, and it is all very good. Even with the nearly insurmountable obstacle of that John Mayer quote on the back, UGH [ed. note: The FADER does not endorse any hatred of John Mayer, as The FADER loves John Mayer], I still think this is a most excellent record. On first listen, I was struck by the?emotional gravitas (is this right?) of the whole thing. Maybe it?s the cold weather. Most shocking of all, Mr. Sharkey is straight up crooning on this record. The speed is always somewhere in the middle but it highlights the vocals so it helps. Song two, ?Let?s Make Friends? is the best track and with lyrics about crawling on kitchen floors and possibly love/lust (?), it will demand an almost compulsive number of listens and scarily enough, sing alongs. Drums, bass, synth, vocal. That?s all you need. I am still not quite sure if I am ready for a Clockcleaner member to have a deep and profound emotional effect on me in the year 2010, but I love this record. We all change guys. Grip from Fan Death HERE.
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/882 (http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/882)
Puerto Rico Flowers
4 12? EP
(Fan Death)
Post-Clockcleaner, and really, post-America action from the outback?s John Sharkey, offering up four songs of heavy, slow Gothic rock. He wrote and recorded this alone, and this phase of the project (two live sets and a lot of talk) is apparently complete. Clockcleaner?s posthumous recordings are outright Goth/death rock, like nothing they?d done before, and this record showcases a refinement of that sound. Likewise, this material is good enough to sustain a departure to wherever he might want to take this next ? sung vocals, bass but no guitars, spare but effective use of synths, and live drums provide a sturdy framework for last-call staredowns like ?Let?s Make Friends.? Unsettled, stern dark rock bands like the Comsat Angels and Crispy Ambulance factor greatly into this product, one among many in the Great Coldwave Freezeout of 2010, but certainly one of the most memorable. (http://www.fandeathrecords.com (http://www.fandeathrecords.com))
(Doug Mosurock)
http://ravensingstheblues.blogspot.com/2010/01/puerto-rico-flowers.html (http://ravensingstheblues.blogspot.com/2010/01/puerto-rico-flowers.html)
Cresting in on a wave of acerbic darkwave that's been building over the past year, Clockcleaner's John Sharkey III takes hold of the sound and throttles it to perfection. Spare in the best of terms, Sharkey paces emotionless atop a steady axis of bass/synth and the distant clop of drums that keep the sinister impulses moving steady. Despite the spot on album title (4, there are 4 songs) the band has little to do with its Puerto Rican moniker, instead finding itself forged in Sharkey's haunts in the U.S. and Australia before crawling out into the open. Several have tried to capture the perfect mix of nihilism and wretched, writhing emotion in one filthy package and most have come up short. Sharkey however, leaves a taste for more with this EP and it seems he could be one of the forerunners of a new gothic underground. There are a few great new runners in this field and definitely something to watch in 2010 between this project, Xeno & Oaklander and Led Er Est. We'll see who survives.
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I just ordered one. It sounds like something i would like.
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didnt know you were in CP, as am i
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Unfortunately, yes i do live here. For now at least. I finish school this summer, and plan on moving to dc when my lease is up this November.
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I admit, I like that one Cold Cave song....Life Magazine or whatever. Not a big fan of the rest of the album though.
I also dig the 1 Puerto Rico Flowers song I listened to on the myspace page.
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sharkey tries to tell me that cold cave is one of 10 bands worth listening too
i dunno about that
I'd like to think PRF doesnt rip off anyone quite as badly as cold cave
the whole PRF record is solid, even beyond the fact I put it out, is really solid.
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(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk215/DNAINTHEDNA/PRF2_1_.jpg)
This is the new single by Puerto Rico Flowers entitled 2. It is entitled 2 because it features 2 songs. If there were 7 songs the record would be called 7. Surely by now you grasp the idea. Inspired by Canberran isolation and John Cale, 2 offers us 1 new orignal and 1 borrowed tune. Again performed solely and in the same fashion by John Sharkey III (CFC). This record was recorded by a New Zealander (FFC) in a house unfit for human inhabitants located in Yarraville, VIC. 2 Strays noticably from the forced darkness of todays boring youth and towards a more human element while all along cementing the fact that women are not the enemy,time is. Available for purchase Anzac Day 2010.
order now http://fandeathrecords.mybisi.com/product/puerto-rico-flowers-2-7-fdr-021
Stream Side A - Voice of Love here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fan-Death-Records/202976779022
Side B - When Your Lonely Heart Breaks (Neil Young cover) here: http://www.myspace.com/fandeathrecords
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Nice. I was going to order this the other day, and think it said it was sold out or not in stock. Im assuming this isnt the case anymore.
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it is in stock, those were pre orders
order away