The long awaited debut LP from NYC’s FLOWER “Hardly A Dream” is finally set to arrive.

FLOWER’s tedious approach to writing/creating/drawing their debut LP was carefully thought out and the result is a monumental anarcho punk /crust record.

“Hardly A Dream” Takes us on a bleak journey through the dark side of society. As soon as you drop the needle a dark atmosphere is immediately created with a slow intro featuring arpeggio guitar work that builds into pummeling d-beat crust. The albums vocals then leave you with a feeling of being crushed by the ever-present weight of living through our modern world of late stage capitalism that was built on the falsehoods of the so called American dream, religious hypocrisy’s, nationalism, and the greed of humankind.
FLOWER take many cues from predecessors and are most often (and rightfully so) compared to NAUSEA but they also take a heavy influence from ANTISECT, SACRILEGE & other greats. The artwork has a very RUDIMENTARY PENI feel and the record comes with an amazing 24.5 X 34.75 CRASS style poster jacket. All art work was meticulously hand drawn and overseen by the guitarist Willow in true DIY style and spirit. Willow was also cool enough to draw up a special shirt for the record release featuring an alternative PROFANE EXISTENCE backprint!

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CLICK HERE TO PREVIEW THE ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRETY AT THE PROFANE EXISTENCE BANDCAMP

FLOWER will be on tour from January 2nd to the 13th
2nd New Brunswick
3rd Asheville
4th Greenville
5th Birmingham
6th New Orleans
7th Hattiesburg
9th Gainesville
10th Atlanta
11th Durham
12th Richmond
13th Philadelphia


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I had no idea what to think when I pulled this out of the box. Between the cover and song titles: Who Shot Ya, Notorious Thugs and Somebody’s Gotta Die, anything could happen. Well, it’s three songs of super lo-fi, dirty punk rock and roll grit that at times seemed to pull influence from TRAGEDY and possibly EYEHATEGOD with the aggression of NAILS. I dig the style and enjoyed the songs, but a few things stood out that I wasn’t into. The sleeve was interesting, being printed on “tracing paper” and the 7″ was pressed on see though light purple, but the B side was blank. Wasted space is a huge pet peeve of mine and a little more info or a lyric sheet would have been nice. Other than that, I think it’s a really fun listen. And to top it off, I was surprised to see that it was Mastered by someone my wife and I lived with when we first moved to PDX: Brad Boatright at Audio Siege. Small world indeed. (Jake)