Self Released (2016)
I've mentioned a few times that I've been completely obsessed with The Pretty Flowers' full length Why Trains Crash. It's one of my absolute favorite records of this year and I have essentially been playing it nonstop since I bought it. More than anything, it's made me want to hear even more from the band, but unfortunately there aren't too many other releases out there. One of the few is this split 7" with a band called Last Good Sleep.
We'll start with the Pretty Flowers songs since they're what made me pick up this 7". The first song is "Inconsiderate Dreams." It doesn't appear on Why Trains Crash, but it could very easily fit right in with the songs on that album. It has the dynamic guitar work and insanely catchy hooks that just make me love this band. The second song on their side of this split is a cover of "Year Of The Cat" by The Lemonheads. It's a good take on the song and The Pretty Flowers do a nice job of making it sound like one of their own, but let's be honest - I like The Pretty Flowers more than the Lemonheads and would rather just have another original song.
Last Good Sleep isn't a band I'm familiar with. They have such a strong early 90s feel, I can't even believe this record came out two years ago. In particular the first song, "Jacranda Mimosifolia" really reminds me of a lot of the fuzzy punk that came out of the Pacific Northwest. It sounds so much like Some Velvet Sidewalk to me, and that's a band name I haven't written down in a really long time. The second song, "Candy Knife," is a bit more straightforward, but still sounds like the sort of thing that could have come out on K records in 1992. That's a compliment, I really dig both of these songs.
The Pretty Flowers / Last Good Sleep - Split 7":
https://theprettyflowers.bandcamp.com/album/the-pretty-flowers-7-split-w-last-good-sleep
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