nick foerster, danny miller, josh richardson, nat stensland, vince caro
Influences
mistakes, severe weather, the avoidance of work, naptime, kraut, mock wheat, bands with album covers featuring blurry guitars, severe weather, pictures of anyone but band members, cryptic collages, or designs by hipgnosis or microdot. nick likes pabst, nat likes Red Stripe, dan likes pacifico and josh likes the bubbles. And everyone of us loves Wittekirke...all 11.2 ounces of it...Only when we make them do it in our labs do crystals win our games.
Do they then? I wonder. -John Cage
Sounds Like
tasteful confusion or...
eno ventures out, taking a ride in a galaxie 500 while a mercury revs by. dirty goo becomes the clean in the washing machine. grandaddy can broadcast above low byrds in the air, or...Yo tengo neu soft pink velvet valentines under silver apples meddling with verve in the united states of america. zeppelin without page plant bonham or jpjones.
echoes echoes echoes echoes echoes echoes echoes echoes
--kind of beluga--
Both our records can be found digitally, all over the place. Also available on vinyl and aluminum impregnated polycarbonate...
recent to distant past:
Spring 2009- Toured the US opening for the Brian Jonestown Massacre...PHENOMENAL!!!
Spring 2009- ultra rare, previously rejected track "Cubbybear" surfaces on mpls ltd 10th anniversary 7" along with a track from Biff Bang Pow!!!
Winter 2009 "Homewrecker" appears on the excellent "Open your Mind" compilation from Psilocybin Sounds, alongside a track from the BJM.
Summer 2008- "Ambergis" CD released on Kramer's label, Second Shimmy and is distributed by Cargo UK. Worldwide digital by the Orchard.
Summer 2007- "Ambergris" limited LP released on mpls ltd, distributed by Tonevendor.
Spring 2007- "Checkerboard" included on a UK psych comp called "Turn on Your Mind" from Psilocybin Sounds
Feb 2007- second album recorded with studio legend, KRAMER!!! ...the result of a six day whirlwind of tracking and mixing at Flowers Studio during the coldest week of the winter, this record is spontaneous and wierd, yet somehow more focused than the first.
2006, While fumbling around at home, working on the track "Cubbybear" for the Twin Town High Compilation (track was rejected) the BJM plays Minneapolis and Ricky Maymi flips for our record when the sound engineer plays it between bands. Ricky soon becomes a great friend and advocate!
Summer 2005- debut album "On Plastic" (mplsltd 007) released, capturing the attention of Radio K, it became a 1 album on their charts.
Leading up to 2005- after years of exploration and weirdness, Flavor Crystals added bubbly liquid and jelloed into a real band, recording as a document of the sleepy wobbly blurry dreamscape vibe they found together......
Flavor Crystals at Flowers with Kramer
I just wanted to stop by and wish you a happy Sunday! I hope that the weekend brought you fun adventures, relaxation, and contentment :)
I was going to go camping this weekend, but this is definitely NOT camping weather. So me and some friends went to check out Dueling Pianos. Those guys are amazing - they can play just about any song that's been on the radio between 1950 and 2005.
Anyways, I wanted to let you know about a show we have @ Station 4 on Friday, October 16th. We are debuting a series of one time only performance art pieces. This one is called "AN OBJECT TO CRAVE". Live music and visuals based on a short story about life, love, loss, fantasy, obsession and death.
Another group of mine, The Magnetrons, which plays an exciting and innovative Livetronica set (i.e. STS9, Disco Biscuits, The Histronic) will also be playing. The night will be full of creative, interesting, high-energy music, good drinks and good times.
Here's the info:
Blood Root Mother - "An Object to Crave" w/ The Magnetrons & Thought Thieves Friday, October 16th Station 4 201 E 4th St St Paul, MN 55101 9pm / $5 / 18+
