Saturday, 25 April 2020

Sonic Flowers - Beatitude (Private Label, No Ref. Number, 2003)


 

Another brilliant album right out of the city of Nuremberg around organist / singer Peter Kern and bassist Jo Munzert, both of whom already played with Mark Lee (see Surfadelics + Honey Machine) with the excellent Pickles in the 90s.

This is the 2nd Sonic Flowers CD after the 1st one titled “The First Case” two years ago. These Germans also appeared in Swamp Room split 45 with The Splashdowns, performing their garage punker “Out Of My Mind”, which appears in their 1st CD too. The “Beatitude” includes a variation of sounds like garage punk, beat and pop that they match perfectly together and the result is a wonderful record that will accompany me along the hot summer of 2003. The CD opens with an organ-drenched tune, titled “Reason To Love” that reminds me a lot of the sounds of the Norwegian garage tree of the Cosmic Dropouts, The Lust-O-Rama and The Kwyet Kings. “Reason To Love” is not the only garage punk song in this CD (”Phantom” is one more tight punker) though the highest moments in here are the perfect pop gems that the long year experience of Peter Kern and Jo Munzert, ex-members of The Pickles, guarantee to be such. You will be at least pleased to listen to songs like “Searching”, “Lager And Lime”, “Not Too Late” and “The World Is Not Enough”. The whole CD is great with very good production and it’s pity that it hasn’t been released from a well-known label.
8 out of 10    -Source

Sonic Flowers - Beatitude (Private Label, No Ref. Number, 2003) FLAC   320

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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous26 April 2020 at 10:09

    Hi Pubbi,
    always a pleasure to listen to what you offer. Never disappointed
    Thanks Again
    Yann

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    1. Pubbi26 April 2020 at 10:56

      Hi Yann,
      You're welcome and always a pleasure to me being able to give you a pleasant time, at least in a short term.
      Take care
      Pubbi

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  2. Phil28 April 2020 at 15:31

    Many thanks Pubbi, I don't know this band, thanks for share.
    Cheers

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    1. Pubbi28 April 2020 at 19:55

      Hi Phil,
      thanks for your comment and I hope you have a fine time while discovering the Beatitudes. Cheers!

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  3. angel30 April 2020 at 12:06

    Hi Pubbi, just discovered this blog and realised who you are...given the albums you post. You used to publish comments in another blog. So just saying hello.
    I now discovered The Neumans and Sonic Flowers thanks to this blog. Keep it up!
    Btw those Pickles (the band) sounds good, never heard of them before. If you have anything from them it would be nice to hear them.

    Cheers

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    1. Pubbi30 April 2020 at 22:48

      Hi angel,
      I'm glad to welcome you here on my blog. Take a look around and maybe you find some more interesting sounds, just like around 2017 at the Twilightzone.
      As for the "Pickles", I own their 3 albums and a 7 inch, but not a working turntable. Hope to to change this in the near future, as it's planned to post them here.
      Cheers my friend!

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