Star Party - Thru The Flowers

  

  What a day to be alive! 

  It's 07.53 as I type this, as usual I'm up early so I can write out today's blog entry before I set off for work. And today's blog entry is one of those that has me buzzing. Before I went to bed last night I saw the tracklist for a new compilation album from Portland, Oregon label Girlsville Records (https://www.facebook.com/GirlsvilleRecords) and I was excited to discover that amongst the tracks that jumped out at me was a cover of The Primitives' 1986 debut single Thru The Flowers. It's reimagined by Washington State trio Star Party, a band that put out one of last year's best eps, an ep which featured a wonderful Shop Assistants cover (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/11/star-party-something-to-do.html), an equally wonderful Bob Dylan cover and, remarkably, 2 original tracks that were the equal of the covers (get the ep as a name your price download here : https://starpartyrocks.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2020).

  So whilst eagerly adding the Primitives' cover to JSPS, I'm sitting here listening to more tracks from the comp. It's called Paid By Rock (it's a follow up to 2020's Be Gay, Do Crime!) and it features some totally terrific music. Amongst the treasures to jump out at me on first play are a great cover of Patrick Fitzgerald's Safety Pin Stuck In My Heart by Fun Time Objects, The Maxines' demo of Drugstore, Adulkt Life's gnarly Lower Dens and Mr. And The Mrs.' raging Fuck Cops. It's a highly recommended release, a joy to listen to even at this time in the morning on a work day, and you can get it here on either cassette or digital download :  https://girlsville.bandcamp.com/album/paid-by-rock

  This is Star Party bringing plenty of fuzzy distortion (or misty coastal rock as they describe it) with Thru The Flowers... 

Feel the sun burning bright
I'm cut loose, out of sight
Slipping through shadows
You won't find me
Found myself all at sea
And you won't see me, no, no
And you won't see me, no, no
And you will never know
What it took to let you go
If I could only make you see
Then you could follow me
Through the flowers
Through the flowers

Feel the sun burning bright
I'm cut loose, out of sight
Singing in the daises
You won't find me
Found myself all at sea
And you won't see me, no, no
And you won't see me, no, no

And you will never know
What it took to let you go
If I could only make you see
Then you could follow me
Through the flowers
Through the flowers