"I refill a broken vase because I don't want to buy another one / I'm bad at getting rid of stuff / I think, I'm not tough enough..."
The somber chill and acceptance of "Time Kills Flowers", the title track from SIDE DƟƟR and DARTA LA, aka Keveen Baudouin's and Florian Larriveau's trans-Atlantic collaboration, is the final cut on the album. Running on textured acoustic guitar lines that while beautiful feel held down by the emotional weight of something as expressed by melancholic drawn out vocals. When drum beats and more instrumentation flood in that weight feels lighter and when plaintive guitar lead licks introduce a glorious wash of orchestrated indie folk, you feel some relief as if there is resolution and acceptance.
"I refill a broken vase because I don't want to buy another one / I'm bad at getting rid of stuff / I think, I'm not tough enough / I picked some flowers in a field so / They no longer be healed / I should try the tape on the petals / To keep them settled... / Time kills flowers Time kills flowers..."
[French, but Los Angeles based, Keveen is a well-known member of several projects including Low Hum, CARRÉ, and Dream Phases. Still living in France, Florian bills himself as someone who makes folk from his bedroom, though it sounds studio-quality. He is also a member of the band Titanic Bomb Gas. The pair collaborates from different continents.]
About SIDE DƟƟR, Keveen shares thoughts about his very personal art project:
“It is the raw me. The goal was purely to release that music which helped me process.” The more he created in solitude, the more he reached a new depth: “After making a few EPs, I started to treat it like a side project where I could express things that I can’t really express with other bands I’m a part of.”
[DARTA LA hails from the South-West of France, from Capbreton. He is a low-fi folk singer-songwriter and producer who has been active since 2015’s “Glad.” His last EP, Motels Tapes, came out in 2020, meaning this is a big return to releasing music for the artist. His entire discography is available on Bandcamp. Florian often records all the instruments and vocals for his tracks and releases, though he has collaborators on every EP.]
I personally love artists who reach out and collaborate, especially when it is done over long distances. I think the remote nature keeps each artists contribution absolutely pure and personally raw. Facing off by sharing one's own personal art that was drawn in solitude (or in the presence of a significant other- other than your collaborator) makes for a creative process that is all about trust falling into each others arms but keeping those initial very personal artful concepts absolutely truthful.
[Florian and Keveen felt their psychedelic, folksy sounds complimented each other well. Both make “raw singer-songwriter type of music.” Fully trusting each other’s sound and talents, “We decided to each write half of the record for the first half of last year. The album came together when Keveen’s band Low Hum toured in Europe (opening for Warpaint): “I met up with Florian in France to finish all those tracks. Then back in Los Angeles in the summer time I started mixing the 12 songs and now here we are.”]
[Florian and Keveen felt their psychedelic, folksy sounds complimented each other well. Both make “raw singer-songwriter type of music.” Fully trusting each other’s sound and talents, “We decided to each write half of the record for the first half of last year. The album came together when Keveen’s band Low Hum toured in Europe (opening for Warpaint): “I met up with Florian in France to finish all those tracks. Then back in Los Angeles in the summer time I started mixing the 12 songs and now here we are.”]
"I want to rewind everything so you can enjoy the spring / I was too young to realize / The burden of compromise / It's too late to set you free / I spend my time feeling guilty / I can't stand to see these petals fall / I can't stand to see them at all ...
Time kills flowers / Time kills flowers / Time kills flowers"
-Robb Donker Curtius
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SIDE DƟƟR and DARTA LA, "Time Kills Flowers" album, Capbreton France, Los Angeles, Keveen Baudouin and Florian Larriveau, lo-fi rock, folk, indie folk, psychedelic folk, alt pop, indie rock,
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Keveen Baudouin and Florian Larriveau, AKA SIDE DƟƟR and DARTA LA, will release an album together on Friday April 28, 2023. The single, “Time Kills Flowers,” was released along with a music video on Friday April 21. On April 28, the video for “Five Years” will premiere alongside the album, also titled “Time Kills Flowers.” The album will be available on all streaming platforms and the videos will premiere on YouTube.
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