Ferns is a little pop band with big thoughts. Sometimes, we also like to think we rock.
WHAT THEY SAY
"On Botany" No.1 on Peekaboo's Top 11 Albums Of 2007 list - Peekaboo Yahoogroups
"On Botany" No.9 on Pop 'n' Cherries' Best Albums 2007 list - Pop 'n' Cherries
"...you'll get exactly what makes Ferns a great, not just simply good, band. - Jakarta Post, 17/12/2007
"...this could be one of the best twee act release this year from South East Asia.." / On Botany album review (8.2/10 rating) - Deathrockstar
"...definitely one of the best unrecognized releases so far this year; a sleeper hit for anyone that really digs pop music." - Green Clothes Music, 15/4/2007
One of Rolling Stone's Top 25 Best Bands on Myspace - Rollingstone.com
"...possibly the most consistent indie pop gem of the last decade." / One of the Top 20 Best Albums on Thinklist 2006: Music - Think.com.my
"...songs verdant with beauty and grace...” / On Botany album review (8/10 rating) - Think.com.my
"...if they were swedish, everyone in the indiepop world would love them already” / On Botany album review (4/5 rating) - One Chord To Another
“On Botany, a twee masterpiece ...filled with lo-fi quirk and shimmering melodies.” – The Star daily, Malaysia
“...captures the sound of young broken hearts...strong songwriting” / On Botany album review (4/5 stars) – The Star daily, Malaysia
“Astonishing debut…The best Malaysian album of the year” / On Botany album review (4.5/5 stars) – Junk magazine, Malaysia
OUR FIRSTEST DEBUT ALBUM OUT AT LAST!
The proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. It's here. Making headlines in our heads. On Botany, good folks, is available for your listening pleasure! To snag a copy of this piece of pastoral pop glory with a side of astro turf, come to our shows or pick up the album from the following outlets:-
- Awakening Studio @ 33-2, Jalan 4/109F, Taman Danau Desa, KL (Malaysia) -
- Roxy Music @ 02-15, Excelsior Shopping Centre (Singapore) -
- Straits Records @ 22 Bali Lane, near Arab Street (Singapore) -
- HMV outlets (Singapore) -
And, if you're a lovin' homebody, we can bring our CD right to your doorstep, via mailorder for RM27 (within Malaysia only). Please send money order or a bank draft made payable to Chew Phye Boon to this address:
Perdana Kondominium, B-1201, Jalan PJU 8/1 Bandar Damansara Perdana, 47820 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Email fernfrens@gmail.com for inquiries.
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For Singapore and other overseas sales, our CD is now available direct from Fruit Records Singapore. Check 'em out at www.myspace.com/fruitrecords or www.fruitrecords.com
Official Ferns' On Botany tracklisting
1. This Sweet Refrain
2. Disaster Strikes Again
3. Wistful Thinking
4. The Western Front
5. Dear Derelict
6. Love In A Handful Of Beans
7. I Won't Forget
8. Citadel
9. Death of a Lifetime
10. When We Die
FERNS' FIRSTEST MUSIC VIDEO
We're proud to present the music video for "This Sweet Refrain" which was shot as part of the Garage Video Project for the Fortnight Music Festival (www.junkonline.net/fortnight) on a Nokia n93 camera phone. Put together by video genius Fairuz Sulaiman aka Blur (whom who owe a debt of gratitude), the vid should bring back fond memories of wholesome living room karaoke with your folks. Not the ones by the poolside featuring barely-clad nymphs. Nope, who needs that? We have a fish.
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Myspace background image courtesy of Daria - thanks!
01. Cats on Fire : Our Province complains 02. Love Dance : Result 03. High Llamas : Can Cladders 04. Little Name : How to swim and live 05. A Smile and a Ribbon : The Boy I wish I never met 06. Pants Yell! : Alison Statton 07. The Clientele : God Save the Clientele 08. Orwell : Le Génie Humain 09. Ferns : On Botany 10. Frànçois : Brother (unfinished album)
Its been great to see you around ... er ... a lot. Em. Coz I don't get out much. I normally just sit in my cave and think about things. Em. So .... you know ... em ... see you around man.
It’s nothing! When I say something I truly mean it! It has been a precious discovery that of yours! so please let me know how can I get your album here in Paris! Keep on lighting silence! Lu
merci! thanks 4 adding me! I was just stuck with your sound.. so soft & touching like Ride's Nowhere, so sweet as The Loves' je t'aime! I'm grateful 4 ya sound and I mean it! Lu
thanks guys for the 'naughty' comment! hehe, it took us a while to get use to the sleeveless polkadots too! ; ) neway, looking forward to catching u guys live again, i still have the 'rumput karpet' cd though, maybe a singalong? ; )
Ferns, you guys pulled a pretty nice set altho keyboardist were absent. Thanks for playing at Fireflies Merdeka Night, and deliver such entertaining set.I,on behalf of Fireflies & Kurasaraksasa crews would like to say Thanks! Hope to see you guys on stage again.
hey ferns keep it up. i went to a couple of your shows and met you guys once too. i'm back in american and all the kids here in my local scene totally dig you guys!!
We have been told by a certain someone that you guys propably are Malaysian's number 1 indie/britpop band in terms of songwritting quality...so cheers to you guys!!
Hi Ferns. We're an italian band. And you're a very good malaysian band. We both love pop, we both like pastel colours. Should we add more? Thank you so much for being our friend, always welcome to our space.
