Night Flowers are a London-based indie quintet with Humberside origins.
The main selling point of their debut album derives from the fragile vocals and striking looks of US-born Sophia Pettit.
“A lot of the album deals with time, place and memory” guitarist Ullyart explains with a vagueness that sums up the band's pleasant yet largely characterless dream pop.
"Glistening like sunshine on the open road" gushes the press release struggling for something new to say about a record that borrows so brazenly from 80s guitar pop combos. The ten songs bounce along prettily without leaving much trace in the memory.
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“My love is where you left it, unwound / It means everything and nothing to me” sings Pettit disdainfully on Unwound, a track named after the, now demolished, Hackney studio where the album was recorded with producer Adam Jaffrey.
Her dismissive tone exemplifies a record that is not entirely cold-hearted yet which too often opts for catchy hooks in lieu of any real soulfulness.
Night Flowers at Bandcamp
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