{"product_id":"white-flowers-are-you-limited-cream-vinyl","title":"White Flowers - Are You [Limited Cream vinyl]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 12\" Vinyl, Limited Cream vinyl \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: TLV156EP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5055869548816  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 13 May 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Indie\/Alternative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsolated from any kind of music scene and enveloped by the cold Brutalism of Preston, White Flowers are a young, enigmatic band developing their own eccentricities away from the influence of big cities. New EP ‘Are You’ is a sonic and aesthetic collage drawing deeply from their environmental and social surroundings. The songs on the EP may at first seem delicate and beautiful, but closer listening reveals dark undertones and dry humour fuelled by the frustration of feeling trapped with no way out. Driven by this sense of claustrophobia, the duo have sought to create a form of escapism outside of their physical and geographical limitations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Recorded late 2021 between Preston and Bristol, ‘Are You’ weaves together a mixture of intuitive home recordings and refined studio production aided by producer Ali Chant (PJ Harvey, Portishead, Perfume Genius). The four songs on the EP are an intentional collection of contrasts and paradoxes - beauty and repulsion, calmness and mania, anxiety and stasis - all combined to form a balanced whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Whilst influenced in part by the writings of the late Mark Fisher and his idea that we are haunted by futures that failed to happen, that what might have been may yet be the dream that saves us, White Flowers have also found inspiration in the Brutalist architecture that adorns their hometown - futuristic yet dated buildings that serve as an appropriate visual metaphor for Fisher’s theories. Bleakly imposing yet comfortingly familiar, the monochromatic starkness of these structures has fed into the imagery for the record, as well as the sounds found within. Not intending to wallow in cynicism, however, White Flowers’ art ultimately aims to provide a way out of these dystopian fever dreams and spiralling thoughts into a forward facing place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tracklisting \u003cbr\u003e1. Are You\u003cbr\u003e 2. Foreground\u003cbr\u003e 3. This Is Not\u003cbr\u003e 4. Singular\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k9HVV0Gy0uc\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tough Love","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41551764521116,"sku":"TLV156EP","price":16.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/1_02c72ce9-fda5-4f9a-991f-5bd5d30688b2.jpg?v=1648739692","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/white-flowers-are-you-limited-cream-vinyl","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}