Forming Haze (Recordings 1985/86)
The Crippled Flower
Forming Haze (Recordings 1985/86)
Boomkat Product Review:
The Crippled Flower’s hugely charming post-punk/new wave salvo from 1985 Düsseldorf finally sees light of day on TAL - the label run by its erstwhile bandmember Stefan Schneider of To Rococo Rot and Kreidler fame- puckered with taut, minimalist grooves, hooks, and anglophone vox, big big tip if you’re into Head On The Door-era The Cure, Wire, or that incredible Years On Earth reissue on Vinyl on Demand.
Seemingly outta nowhere The Crippled Flower are presented as a lost band from a niche of the influential NRW German scene, with a set of mostly unheard songs that deftly bridge the sound of Kraftwerk, and their local ’90s descendants, via mutant acolytes in early ‘80s England. It arrives among many treasures on TAL as a fascinating curio of West German meets English sensibilities, framing the Teutonic band’s sinewy grooves fronted by the observant lyrics of Phil Elston, whose clear-eyed Sprechsang toes the finest line of aloof, florid and charming atop the swingeing jangle and piquant synths.
Aside to a handful found an ’86 tape compilation, most of the 14-song set ‘Forming Haze’ is entirely new to the world, and portrays a band clearly in possession of their own nimble swagger, neatly balancing live instruments and electronics in crystalline melodies and rhythms that betray their influences and would patently seed sounds to come, as in the likes of Stefan Schneider's rhythmelodic fixations. Ultimately, despite demo flirtation with Les Disques di Crépuscule, they would prove an also-ran in the grand scheme of things, but with the benefit of hindsight, the seductively between-worlds vintage of this comp and its déjà entendu-like carousel of hooks means they’re surely not to be overlooked for any longer.
Phil Elston’s voice will either be green or red light to proceed, and if one’s feeling it, they will be in for a treat as he carefully, coolly graces the whole thing, from airborne waltzer ‘Destiny’ thru the weightless synth vignette ‘Now’, variously warranting comparison with Graham Lewis, Lawrence and Green Gartside in his crisp enunciation and sparing delivery, at best in the floating gem ‘Chant’, the dreamy urgency of ‘Timetunnel Vision’, and the proto-hardstep angularity to ‘Cascade’, or the clear template for Kreisler and To Rococo Rot’s svelte art-pop/post-rock in ‘Overtime.’
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Boomkat Product Review:
The Crippled Flower’s hugely charming post-punk/new wave salvo from 1985 Düsseldorf finally sees light of day on TAL - the label run by its erstwhile bandmember Stefan Schneider of To Rococo Rot and Kreidler fame- puckered with taut, minimalist grooves, hooks, and anglophone vox, big big tip if you’re into Head On The Door-era The Cure, Wire, or that incredible Years On Earth reissue on Vinyl on Demand.
Seemingly outta nowhere The Crippled Flower are presented as a lost band from a niche of the influential NRW German scene, with a set of mostly unheard songs that deftly bridge the sound of Kraftwerk, and their local ’90s descendants, via mutant acolytes in early ‘80s England. It arrives among many treasures on TAL as a fascinating curio of West German meets English sensibilities, framing the Teutonic band’s sinewy grooves fronted by the observant lyrics of Phil Elston, whose clear-eyed Sprechsang toes the finest line of aloof, florid and charming atop the swingeing jangle and piquant synths.
Aside to a handful found an ’86 tape compilation, most of the 14-song set ‘Forming Haze’ is entirely new to the world, and portrays a band clearly in possession of their own nimble swagger, neatly balancing live instruments and electronics in crystalline melodies and rhythms that betray their influences and would patently seed sounds to come, as in the likes of Stefan Schneider's rhythmelodic fixations. Ultimately, despite demo flirtation with Les Disques di Crépuscule, they would prove an also-ran in the grand scheme of things, but with the benefit of hindsight, the seductively between-worlds vintage of this comp and its déjà entendu-like carousel of hooks means they’re surely not to be overlooked for any longer.
Phil Elston’s voice will either be green or red light to proceed, and if one’s feeling it, they will be in for a treat as he carefully, coolly graces the whole thing, from airborne waltzer ‘Destiny’ thru the weightless synth vignette ‘Now’, variously warranting comparison with Graham Lewis, Lawrence and Green Gartside in his crisp enunciation and sparing delivery, at best in the floating gem ‘Chant’, the dreamy urgency of ‘Timetunnel Vision’, and the proto-hardstep angularity to ‘Cascade’, or the clear template for Kreisler and To Rococo Rot’s svelte art-pop/post-rock in ‘Overtime.’
Boomkat Product Review:
The Crippled Flower’s hugely charming post-punk/new wave salvo from 1985 Düsseldorf finally sees light of day on TAL - the label run by its erstwhile bandmember Stefan Schneider of To Rococo Rot and Kreidler fame- puckered with taut, minimalist grooves, hooks, and anglophone vox, big big tip if you’re into Head On The Door-era The Cure, Wire, or that incredible Years On Earth reissue on Vinyl on Demand.
Seemingly outta nowhere The Crippled Flower are presented as a lost band from a niche of the influential NRW German scene, with a set of mostly unheard songs that deftly bridge the sound of Kraftwerk, and their local ’90s descendants, via mutant acolytes in early ‘80s England. It arrives among many treasures on TAL as a fascinating curio of West German meets English sensibilities, framing the Teutonic band’s sinewy grooves fronted by the observant lyrics of Phil Elston, whose clear-eyed Sprechsang toes the finest line of aloof, florid and charming atop the swingeing jangle and piquant synths.
Aside to a handful found an ’86 tape compilation, most of the 14-song set ‘Forming Haze’ is entirely new to the world, and portrays a band clearly in possession of their own nimble swagger, neatly balancing live instruments and electronics in crystalline melodies and rhythms that betray their influences and would patently seed sounds to come, as in the likes of Stefan Schneider's rhythmelodic fixations. Ultimately, despite demo flirtation with Les Disques di Crépuscule, they would prove an also-ran in the grand scheme of things, but with the benefit of hindsight, the seductively between-worlds vintage of this comp and its déjà entendu-like carousel of hooks means they’re surely not to be overlooked for any longer.
Phil Elston’s voice will either be green or red light to proceed, and if one’s feeling it, they will be in for a treat as he carefully, coolly graces the whole thing, from airborne waltzer ‘Destiny’ thru the weightless synth vignette ‘Now’, variously warranting comparison with Graham Lewis, Lawrence and Green Gartside in his crisp enunciation and sparing delivery, at best in the floating gem ‘Chant’, the dreamy urgency of ‘Timetunnel Vision’, and the proto-hardstep angularity to ‘Cascade’, or the clear template for Kreisler and To Rococo Rot’s svelte art-pop/post-rock in ‘Overtime.’
Boomkat Product Review:
The Crippled Flower’s hugely charming post-punk/new wave salvo from 1985 Düsseldorf finally sees light of day on TAL - the label run by its erstwhile bandmember Stefan Schneider of To Rococo Rot and Kreidler fame- puckered with taut, minimalist grooves, hooks, and anglophone vox, big big tip if you’re into Head On The Door-era The Cure, Wire, or that incredible Years On Earth reissue on Vinyl on Demand.
Seemingly outta nowhere The Crippled Flower are presented as a lost band from a niche of the influential NRW German scene, with a set of mostly unheard songs that deftly bridge the sound of Kraftwerk, and their local ’90s descendants, via mutant acolytes in early ‘80s England. It arrives among many treasures on TAL as a fascinating curio of West German meets English sensibilities, framing the Teutonic band’s sinewy grooves fronted by the observant lyrics of Phil Elston, whose clear-eyed Sprechsang toes the finest line of aloof, florid and charming atop the swingeing jangle and piquant synths.
Aside to a handful found an ’86 tape compilation, most of the 14-song set ‘Forming Haze’ is entirely new to the world, and portrays a band clearly in possession of their own nimble swagger, neatly balancing live instruments and electronics in crystalline melodies and rhythms that betray their influences and would patently seed sounds to come, as in the likes of Stefan Schneider's rhythmelodic fixations. Ultimately, despite demo flirtation with Les Disques di Crépuscule, they would prove an also-ran in the grand scheme of things, but with the benefit of hindsight, the seductively between-worlds vintage of this comp and its déjà entendu-like carousel of hooks means they’re surely not to be overlooked for any longer.
Phil Elston’s voice will either be green or red light to proceed, and if one’s feeling it, they will be in for a treat as he carefully, coolly graces the whole thing, from airborne waltzer ‘Destiny’ thru the weightless synth vignette ‘Now’, variously warranting comparison with Graham Lewis, Lawrence and Green Gartside in his crisp enunciation and sparing delivery, at best in the floating gem ‘Chant’, the dreamy urgency of ‘Timetunnel Vision’, and the proto-hardstep angularity to ‘Cascade’, or the clear template for Kreisler and To Rococo Rot’s svelte art-pop/post-rock in ‘Overtime.’
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Boomkat Product Review:
The Crippled Flower’s hugely charming post-punk/new wave salvo from 1985 Düsseldorf finally sees light of day on TAL - the label run by its erstwhile bandmember Stefan Schneider of To Rococo Rot and Kreidler fame- puckered with taut, minimalist grooves, hooks, and anglophone vox, big big tip if you’re into Head On The Door-era The Cure, Wire, or that incredible Years On Earth reissue on Vinyl on Demand.
Seemingly outta nowhere The Crippled Flower are presented as a lost band from a niche of the influential NRW German scene, with a set of mostly unheard songs that deftly bridge the sound of Kraftwerk, and their local ’90s descendants, via mutant acolytes in early ‘80s England. It arrives among many treasures on TAL as a fascinating curio of West German meets English sensibilities, framing the Teutonic band’s sinewy grooves fronted by the observant lyrics of Phil Elston, whose clear-eyed Sprechsang toes the finest line of aloof, florid and charming atop the swingeing jangle and piquant synths.
Aside to a handful found an ’86 tape compilation, most of the 14-song set ‘Forming Haze’ is entirely new to the world, and portrays a band clearly in possession of their own nimble swagger, neatly balancing live instruments and electronics in crystalline melodies and rhythms that betray their influences and would patently seed sounds to come, as in the likes of Stefan Schneider's rhythmelodic fixations. Ultimately, despite demo flirtation with Les Disques di Crépuscule, they would prove an also-ran in the grand scheme of things, but with the benefit of hindsight, the seductively between-worlds vintage of this comp and its déjà entendu-like carousel of hooks means they’re surely not to be overlooked for any longer.
Phil Elston’s voice will either be green or red light to proceed, and if one’s feeling it, they will be in for a treat as he carefully, coolly graces the whole thing, from airborne waltzer ‘Destiny’ thru the weightless synth vignette ‘Now’, variously warranting comparison with Graham Lewis, Lawrence and Green Gartside in his crisp enunciation and sparing delivery, at best in the floating gem ‘Chant’, the dreamy urgency of ‘Timetunnel Vision’, and the proto-hardstep angularity to ‘Cascade’, or the clear template for Kreisler and To Rococo Rot’s svelte art-pop/post-rock in ‘Overtime.’
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