Do What You Want To, It's What You Should Do

Rough Trade exclusive with bonus 6 Track CD of home recorded demos. Produced by Bernard Butler, London trio Flowers's debut album 'Do What You Want To, It's What You Should Do' captures the intensity of being young in fourteen deceptively simple pop songs that take their power from their brevity, elevated by Rachel Kenedy's extraordinary voice. Most of the songs weigh in at less than three minutes, a deliberate strategy for a band that seeks strength in simplicity. Indeed, Flowers' genius is in their ability to convey a remarkable amount of emotion with minimal instrumentation. Rachel possesses one of those beautiful pop voices to die for, with echoes of Elizabeth Fraser, Hope Sandoval and Harriet Wheeler, whilst Sam's guitars chime and churn with an incredible intensity and Jordan's drums rip right through with urgency and precision, resulting in a beautiful album that conjures up a strange and entrancing sort of magic. Haunting, mesmerizing and intense, 'Do What You Want To, It's What You Should Do' is an impressive calling card from a sensational new band. It was clear that Flowers needed a producer to help them capture the emotion and simplicity of their live show and that search led them to the door of Bernard Butler, whose track record and love of the Cocteau Twins marked him out to be the perfect choice. That and his love of the Gibson ES-355 guitar that Sam also plays. And so it was that Flowers' very first foray into a proper recording studio was at Butler's 355 Studio - a daunting prospect for a young band, softened by Butler's sensitive production and access to his collection of beautiful analogue synths and Vox organ. Band and producer worked in harmony to produce a set of songs much cleaner and clearer sounding than anything they had recorded before, dispensing with the 'wall of sound' that characterised their home recordings and providing the clarity to allow the songs to breathe.CD - Digipack CD with bonus CDLP - Heavyweight LP with Download and Bonus CDMP3 format does not come with bonus material.