Language Of Flowers - Songs About You
by Tommy Gunnarsson
published: 19 / 11 / 2004

Label:
Shelflife
Format: CD
intro
Impressive debut album from Belfast band, the Language of Flowers, which recalls Heavenly and the female-fronted Sarah bands
In the 70's, Belfast came bursting into the music scene with a great help from the marvellous Good Vibrations label, who released some of the best punk singles of all time from bands such as the Undertones and Protex. Since then, there haven't been a lot of great bands from the capital of Northern Ireland, but times are changing! Well, at least there is one good band now. Language Of Flowers have been around since the early years of this century, and after some changes in the line-up, they have now recorded their first album, which has been released on the US-based Shelflife label. The label compares them to Heavenly, and I have to say that that's the most accurate comparison for a long time! The second song here, 'If It's Not You", sounds a lot like 'C is the Heavenly Option' from Heavenly's second album. All in all the whole album in fact sounds a lot like Amelia Fletcher and her bandmates. There are three exceptions though - 'Tara Mascara', which musically sounds just like the Smiths. I even think I can recognise a certain song in there somewhere, but at this moment I am completely blank. Anyone? The last two tracks on this CD are quite different too, with 'December' being an instrumental, slow synthesizer-based song, not unlike the Trembling Blue Stars, and 'Goalhanger', which is an unlisted bonus song that's also mostly synthesizer-based, sounding like a disco hit for the indiepop scene. If you like your indiepop to sound like the old female-fronted Sarah Records band, then this is the album for you!
Track Listing:-
1 Where You Belong2 If It's Not You
3 Songs About You
4 Leaving
5 Who You're With
6 She's Gone Away
7 Summer's Been And Gone
8 Botanical Gardens
9 I Don't Care At All
10 Tara Mascara
11 Christmas
12 Goalhanger
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