Sonic Flowers - The First Case (PSST-Music 2001)

Sonic Flowers were founded in 1999 with members from 'The Pickles' and 'Tristan and the Rosewood' the first rehearsal turned out kind of gruff: Robin, the planned guitarist, cuts off the last joint of his forefinger with a circular saw the afternoon before ....for sure a disadvantage for a guitarist ... 6 weeks later he appeared in the rehearsing room raising his cheroot up in the air saying ..'Let´s go' .... The results were some ditty tunes inspired from the british 60´s orientated Garage music. Simple and clear Song structures with a fuzzy style guitar sound, a buzzy organ underpinned by a boom bass and bang drum ... On stage the Temperament of the band blasts the envisaged song structures and Peter 'The Duke' , Organ Wizard from Hell & Head of the Kapelle, sets off for a little walk around his instrument hammering the keys from sides and behind and finally returns .. a sign for the other guys that the solo is over .... There´s nothing more to tell ... Just see !

Ein geradezu mörderisches Hörvergnügen lautet der Untertitel dieser CD und dies bietet sie auch, da es ihnen gelungen ist den 60s Beat mit modernen Popelementen zu verbinden. Dazu kommt denn noch bei dem ein oder anderen Song ein bißchen Garagepunk, Mod oder Powerpop. Von den 12 Songs ist nur "Out Of My Mind" ein richtiger Garagekracher wie man ihn auch live von hnen hören kann. Der Rest sind eher ruhige und sehr melodische Popsongs mit einer an das James Taylor Quartet erinnernden Orgel. Wer nun puristischen 60s Beat oder Garage erwartet wird sicherlich enttäuscht sein (aber dafür gibt es ja die Konzerte), wer aber auch ein Ohr für wunderschöne und melodische Pop Melodien hat, dem wird diese CD sicherlich zusagen.  (Aus dem Fanzine "A Beat Odyssey No.5")

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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

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