ARTiST: Marmoset
TiTLE: Florist Fired
LABEL: Secretly Canadian
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 34:08 min
SiZE: 42,1 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jul-20-2007
RELEASE DATE: 000-00-0000
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. Toe Tapper 00:31
02. Florist Fired 01:30
03. Das Boot 00:54
04. Eat Me Out 01:03
05. Laughing With Minx 02:07
06. I Saw Your Shadow 02:12
07. Apples 02:52
08. Luckcharm 02:29
09. Missing Man 01:53
10. Butterknife 02:46
11. Pass It Along 02:37
12. Somwhere 01:58
13. Not Nice 03:35
14. Dropping Dimes 03:10
15. Envelope 02:23
16. Personality Candyspots 02:08
Release Notes:
MARMOSET
Florist Fired CD / LP (SC090, released: 07/24/07)
Five years is a long time. Five years is an
excruciatingly long time for a band like Marmoset,
who reside in a city referred to--often
derisively--as Naptown. Somehow this band has
managed to bottle into one album all of the
idiosyncrasies and pathos that have, to date, made
them the critically-acclaimed band we all love.
Merging the Swell Maps-inspired tumultuous clamor of
their debut EP Hiddenforbidden, the addictive
two-minute anthems on Today It's You, and the epic
(for Marmoset at least) joyful dirges from Record in
Red, Florist Fired has it all.
Although principal songwriter Jorma Whittaker
possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of Beatles-esque
melodies and is more likely to cite John Lennon and
friends as his musical influences, Florist Fired
leaves listeners with the unmistakable feeling that
the band owes much more to a Keith Richards-led
Stones swagger-- without the budget or access to
premium pharmaceuticals. In contrast to the
seemingly lecherous, self-loathing gems penned by
Whittaker, guitarist Dave Jablonski offers up
detached ethereal odes like a man with his head
truly in the clouds.
Coming on the heels of Secretly Canadian's 100th
release and 11-year anniversary, it's fitting that
one of the label's first bands is back. This is the
perfect opportunity for those who have long
treasured the Indianapolis trio (and elevated them
to cult status), as well as those fortunate to be
hearing them for the first time, to now hold hands
and exchange the knowing glance that they're hearing
something that matters.
The idea of being a traditional, functioning band
has never quite caught on with the men in Marmoset.
Their live shows and behind-the-scenes breakdowns
are spiritually aligned with the likes of Brian
Jonestown Massacre; but unlike that self-conscious
revolving-door band from San Francisco, the music
you hear from Marmoset is pure sound vΘritΘ. No need
for a ballyhoo project like Dig!-- although the
harrowing tales Marmoset could tell would certainly
make for riveting viewing. Until the public is ready
for such a trip into the madness, tension and
ecstasy that is Marmoset, the aural documents that
constitute Florist Fired will serve quite nicely as
their chariot on the road towards canonization -
even if only in the pages of Irwin Chusid and Julian
Cope.