Silk Flowers - Practice Space Season 2

Practice Space Season 2

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Jul 24, 2009

Moody, rain-soaked synth from two-thirds of Brooklyn’s sunniest melody-jazz outfit. <br><br>In this edition of Practice Space, VBS inches its way down the BQE to visit the cramped rehearsal studio of Silk Flowers. Born from the ashes of Brooklyn’s preeminent (and sorely missed) semi-experimental smooth-jazz trio Soiled Mattress & the Springs, Silk Flowers subs out the frenetic, Mangionesque sax riffs and general cartoon vibe of their previous incarnation for a box full of mysterious knobs and a dark, minimal-synth sound that wouldn’t be out of place on a mixtape of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/insanemusiccontact" target="_blank">IMC bands</a> sent by your depressive, Belgian penpal circa ’84, provided you had one of those. Oh, and they also let their drummer sing.
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We tried to pin the whole recent keyboard revival on them and a certain mysterious compatriot whose stage name rhymes with flank chogs, but they strategically demured. We did, however, manage to score a “like” count somewhere in the high hundreds, host included, which we believe officially qualifies all parties for “Valley” status. So anyways, please enjoy this stormy winter evening with our favorite Valley-girl coldwave outfit. And pay close to the practice room they rent. You never know when you might run into it again….

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sallycantdance

4 months ago

yeah but they should
willyb

4 months ago

probably 90% of the world doesn't know who no age is.
yadig

4 months ago

they have a pretty cool sound

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At long last, VBS embarks on another round of raiding our favorite bands’ private sanctums and observing their music at its most intimate and rehearsal-y.