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LOU REED DECLARES

FLOWERS OF HELL ALBUM “AMAZING”

ODES RE-RELEASED DIGITALLY ON FEBRUARY 12TH

WITH BONUS TRACKS

“Odes is a bold statement worth checking out.”

Exclaim!

“At every critical junction, the band makes the right choice.”

Favourites of ’12, Herohill.com

“A breathtaking roller-coaster ride through the rich history of underground music.”

Wave Maker Magazine

Toronto, ON – February 7, 2013 - Lou Reed began a recent BBC broadcast of his New York Shuffle radio program with three tracks in a row from Odes, a covers album from Toronto centred trans-atlantic group The Flowers Of Hell. The Velvet Underground founder says of the record, “It’s so beautiful and great. I think it’s an AMAZING, AMAZING CD.”

Originally released in Canada in the fall of 2012, Odes is the band’s fourth album. The full album may be heard on Soundcloud here - http://bit.ly/ZYp7jK. Odes will be digitally re-released on February 12th, 2013 with additional bonus tracks - a version of The Raincoats, No Side To Fall In (with vocals from Optical Sounds labelmates Planet Creature), and an orchestral mix of their Siouxsie & The Banshees cover, The Last Beat Of My Heart.

During Reed’s program, he plays the Flowers Of Hell’s O Superheroin and deems the track “exquisite”. After a few ‘wows’ as it finishes, Reed explains, “That’s Laurie Anderson’s song O Superman mixed with my song Heroin, and then THEM, interpolating, combining, and adding on. They know how some of those sounds were made and they’re in there - that’s kind of amazing really. It made me rethink the whole thing about permission.”

Reed then discusses the group’s background and also plays their Velvet Underground & Nico styled reworking of Mr.Tambourine Man, declaring it “devastating” in its power. He follows that with a third song from the record, a rendition of Klaatu’s Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft.

The album can be purchased on iTunes at www.itunes.com/theflowersofhell. Up next for the group is composing an experimental symphony that they are planning to record in the Congo.

Listen to the broadcast here:
Full segment: https://soundcloud.com/flowersofhell/lou-reed-spins-the-flowers
Quick edit: https://soundcloud.com/flowersofhell/lou-reed-spins-the-flowers-of

Tracklisting for Odes (Bonus Version)

1. On Avery Island-April 1st (Neutral Milk Hotel)

2. Atmosphere (Joy Division)
3. Muchomurky Bile / Destroying Angel (Plastic People Of The Universe)

4. Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed)

5. Run Run Run (The Velvet Underground)

6. The Last Beat Of My Heart (Siouxsie & The Banshees)

7. Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan)

8. Super-Electric (Stereolab)

9. O Superheroin (Laurie Anderson - Lou Reed)

10. Over And Over (Fleetwood Mac)

11. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (Klaatu)