First limited edition of 160 - straight out of the box. 13 tracks. Sleeve art by Benjamin Paskins.
Geoffrey Datson and Annette Hughes' duo debut album, produced by Meju.
Due for digital release in Jan. Only available now in vinyl for friends, collectors and audiophiles.
40 years in the making, the production of this record is immaculate.
Includes unlimited streaming of FLOWERS AND THE AXE
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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T-Shirt/Apparel + Digital Album
FLOWERS AND THE AXE SHORT SLEEVED T-SHIRT.
+ free digital album download.
Choose from a full range of sizes.
Regular fit and soft feel
Male model shown is 6'1" / 186 cm tall and wearing size Medium
Printed front panel is 96% polyester/4% spandex.
Solid color back panel, sleeves and neck bind are 100% cotton
Crisp, vivid colors.
Includes unlimited streaming of NOW & FOREVER via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Includes unlimited streaming of FLOWERS AND THE AXE
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 5 days
Purchasable with gift card
$50AUD
about
Many of the songs on this album are reverse engineered from loops of electronica, so it is ironic that this should be composed around a loop taken from one of our session jams.
The squinting, scintillating sound at the beginning is from the beginning of a spoken-word version of the song recorded by Geoffrey. The loop is tentative - almost not there, shimmering like a mirage of salt and sea; Megan Bernard's vocals anchor the beat and pull the song out of the etherial realm into the material quarter beat.
It evokes a sense of place - the tawdry seaside suburbs of the fifties replaced by the iced-up desperation of out of control 'development'.
lyrics
Don' know where Summer run us to
Don' know what we should do
Endless summer song
Not going back to Avalon
To hang out there alone
I don't think so
Endless, endless summer song
Swell line today Seagulls flew the blue away
Bus stop, stop watch, milk bar, long gone
Sun and surf and loveless real estate
In this old thrice broken place
Not going back to Avalon
To hang out there alone
I don't think so
Endless summer song
credits
from FLOWERS AND THE AXE,
released December 29, 2017
by Geoffrey Datson & Annette Hughes
Sleeve by Benjamin Paskins
Mastered by John Ruberto, Mastersound
Pressed to Vinyl by Zenith, Melbourne
Megan is coproducer on our masterpiece releases and is the voice of those etherieal female vocals. She is a gifted musician. Check out her guitar work. Mesmerising. datsonhughes
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