"they didn't pick the trash up / nobody got the junk mail / somebody just said the lines are down..."
The free falling bending realities of "Storm Shelter" by Kansas City- Missouri's The Real Flower Pots, the pretty much brand new project Girl for Samson band mates Patrick Meagher & Johnny Marie, is so comely that it feels like an introduction to a film, the kind of song that you listen to with an audience in a dark theater amped up to escape for awhile. I am not suggesting that you stir up some microwave popcorn before you listen but, hey, that would not be a bad thing. I am immediately taken aback from the falling sonics, the blend of ghostly piano and snaking bass lines, oddly or maybe not oddly, within the lush production and wonderful lead vocals and backing 'bah dah bah dah baaahs', the atmospheres draw me back and I mean pretty far back.
The aura feels like gemstones mined between late 70's to late 90's and I thought of 'Thru Metamorphic Rocks' from Tangerine Dreams 1979 album 'Force Majeure' and for whatever reason The Who's 1982 sometimes overlooked masterwork "Eminence Front" and Radiohead's "Sulk" (1995). This is not to say that "Storm Shelter" sounds like any of these tracks in particular but maybe they all share a kind of psychic resonance that feels distilled from not only sadness but social commentary and things political and existential.
The sonic duties are as follows:
Patrick Meagher - Vocals, Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Mixing, Mastering
Johnny Marie - Bass, Lap Steel, Lyre, Xylophone, Hand Percussion
Johnny Marie - Bass, Lap Steel, Lyre, Xylophone, Hand Percussion
AND the boys break down the sound like this which I think is interesting and funny at the same time, not funny ha ha but curiously mindful.
Ambient (43%)
Experimental Electronic (41%)
Vaporwave (38%)
Ambient, Drone (20%)
Experimental Electronic (41%)
Vaporwave (38%)
Ambient, Drone (20%)
These guys are wildly talented and I must say, this track is so well produced, a great sounding track. More info way down below.
LINER NOTES (bracketed):
[The track comes via the act’s upcoming album, :Here Come The Real Flower Pots:, out this spring. The Real Flower Parts formed in 2024, and is led by the talented duo of Patrick Meagher (Girl for Samson, YesNoYes, Hotel Radio, Hooray Henry!) and Johnny Marie (Girl for Samson, Big Perm, Lonesome Petunias, Boxes of Love, This Jungle, Porps, The Wilsons).]
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://therealflowerpots.bandcamp.com/track/storm-shelter
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568951180383
http://gogomag.com/gfs/
The Real Flower Pots were born in 2024 when
Patrick Meagher (Girl for Samson, YesNoYes,
& the Lonesome Petunias, Girl for Samson, Big Perm,
Hotel Radio, Hooray Henry!) and I (Johnny Marie
Boxes of Love, This Jungle, Porps, The Wilsons) were
talking about the abundance of partially
completed songs we each had. In March we
shared a dozen each and started the
process of finishing each other's sentences
without any genre limitations, rules or guidelines.
We used real instruments as much as we could,
including cello, viola, recorders, lap steel,
mandolin, banjo, lyre, xylophone and natural
hand percussion. Patrick started to mix and
master songs for the first wave in May and we
began letting them wriggle free into the world
in June, beginning with God's Horn.
The Real Flower Pots, recording project, indie rock, post rock, dream theater, "Storm Shelter", upcoming album "Hear Come The Real Flower Pots", duo of Patrick Meagher and Johnny Marie, deep productions,
No comments:
Post a Comment