It has been a long time since I heard this sound. LA Fleur Fatale from Sweden has restored my faith in music. This CD contains rock ‘n’ roll with a sound that is instantly reminiscent of the 60s, yet modern and fresh.

Their influences include Timothy Leary, Hunter S Thompson, Kinky Friedman, Papa Bear, Entoxication, Beer, On The Road Madness, The Opposite Sex, Lester Bangs, More Beer, Late Night Sessions & Multicolored Raincoats. Now does that give a clearer picture of where they are coming from? Well, for some folks that may work but all you have to do is close your eyes and listen to Night Generation one time and you will get it, all at once, this crazy verbiage will make sense.

Persistent snow showers and plunging temperatures greeted concertgoers Wednesday evening.  But inside the jazz was plenty hot.  A great turnout of Pittsfield’s faithful reacted enthusiastically to the opening piece...

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It has been a long time since I heard this sound. LA Fleur Fatale from Sweden has restored my faith in music. This CD contains rock 'n' roll with a sound that is instantly reminiscent of the 60s, yet modern and fresh.

Their influences include Timothy Leary, Hunter S Thompson, Kinky Friedman, Papa Bear, Entoxication, Beer, On The Road Madness, The Opposite Sex, Lester Bangs, More Beer, Late Night Sessions & Multicolored Raincoats. Now does that give a clearer picture of where they are coming from? Well, for some folks that may work but all you have to do is close your eyes and listen to Night Generation one time and you will get it, all at once, this crazy verbiage will make sense.

Alexander La Fleur (lead vocals, bass), Joakim La Fleur (guitar), David La Fleur (organ etc.), and Kristian La Fleur (drums, backing vocals) are the band. It really is amazing how you can take something old and make it something new, like a recycled fashion, if it was successful once why not one more time? The difference maker here is that many bands have tried to do this unsuccessfully; this band is creating the template for any other upstarts that endeavor to create music and images like this.

If you check out their video for the title track "Night Generation," it is like looking into the past but with more colorful clearer images. That puts everything into proper perspective from a musical and artistic standpoint.  Everything is on their Myspace site so make sure you go, look, and listen for yourself.

There are 13 tracks permeated with jangling guitars, pumping organs, soaring vocals and harmonies, everything that makes for a great listening experience that never quenches your appetite, it is like ear candy that dangles there waiting for you to pluck it from the tree. I heard a few bands over the last year that have a similar approach to this but nothing this prolific and ear catching. This band will land on its feet and command a huge audience very soon. They are already connected with the progenitors of the genre my beloved Electric Prunes and admired by their leader James Lowe. What a combination, the originators and the new kids on the block, can you imagine these two bands touring together? Stranger things have happened. Think of The Beatles meets Pink Floyd and you have a sound similar to these sensations from Sweden.

The album packing is like opening a mini LP. The CD case is quality cardboard and it folds out into four parts with black white headshots of each band member then behind the two middle foldouts, on the back of two pictures, are all the lyrics in a readable white font with subtle blue background. For further emphasis on the past, the CD is a glossy dark black, emulating a vinyl LP. All of it is simple, brilliant, and perfectly balanced to appeal to the true music connoisseur. This is an artwork and packaging concept that is fading fast with the rapid growth of digital delivery. I must admit it was a visual experience embraced by these eyes.

To single out any one particular song would almost be unfair for such a strong effort but if push came to shove, the one that gave me the proverbial chill up the spine and the ecstatic feeling of floating on a psychedelic pink cloud it was “Free The View.” The vocals are outstanding and melody and music just pull you away from the real world for a little while.

I could have diarrhea of the mouth on this review but I will stop, I think I have said enough and I will let the listeners decide for themselves. I have complete confidence that there will be throngs of music lovers out there that will feel the same way as I do about this band and their music.

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A CD that is impossible to take out of my CD player, a CD that drives me nuts, and a CD in the best psychedelic tradition. The four musicians of la fleur fatale delivered a great debut CD. Pure psychedelic rock with a good touch of the late sixties and early seventies but also surprisingly up to date. Fantastic work on the organ, screaming guitars and folky flutes, mandolin and sitar. The CD kicks off with /Straightway ride/ which starts like a typical hippie psych song including the sitar and this great organ somewhere at the background. A strong start and a good song to get a bit used to the bands sound. The next song /Night generation/ is even better.

Energetic music, beating drums and again this lovely organ running through the song. In this song the band shows that they know perfectly how to build up a song by making small changes in rhythms, vocals and arrangements. I know it's hard to believe but the third song /I wanna be adored/ is at least as good, maybe even better than the first two. A bit more sober, vocals and acoustic guitar play a central role, but with again these subtle changes in the arrangements, the way they sing and the mandolin sound (by now I don't even know if it's a mandolin or they let their guitar sound like one) makes it perfect. /Children of neon lights/ check the introduction on flute (or is it the organ?) and drums, another great song. Well, I can continue like this for a long time. Great guitar work at /Sister fatale/, a dark and rough /Sunshine underground/ one of the psychedelic highlights on this CD with again such a great, raw organ totally going it's own way.

The almost sweet start of /Out of our dreams/, or the Sitar and piano start of /Golden hair/. It doesn't matter which song I describe, I enjoy every minute of this CD. So, if you are into neo-psychedelic, progressive or what ever you want to call this music. Don't hesitate, buy it!

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La Fleur Fatale

Night Generation

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 Wer sich bei TSOOL-Konzerten artig auf den Boden setzt, wenn der Sänger dazu auffordert, liegt auch hier genau richtig.

Die Herren La Fleur singen in „Sunshine Underground“ von Türen der Wahrnehmung, zählen neben bunten Regenmänteln auch Dr. Tim Leary zu ihren Inspirationen und mussten ihre letzte Band aufgrund von „Opiat-induzierten Konfrontationen“ in die ewigen Jagdgründe schicken. Kein Zweifel, hinter La Fleur Fatale verbergen sich vier passionierte Psychedeliker, die schon seit einigen Jahren in der schwedischen Musikszene Freude und Verwirrung stiften. Auf „Night Generation“ überwiegt die Freude. Bei „Free The View“ oder dem hinreißenden Titeltrack klettern La Fleur Fatale aus dem Velvet Underground auf den Black Mountain und spülen dort ihr Psilocybin mit Absynth herunter. Saiten zirpen, Stimmen streicheln, Rhythmen spazieren lässig umher. „Gigantic Boredom“? Nicht die Spur, der auf diesen Namen hörende Song widerspricht seinem Titel sogar vehement. Hier wird nicht nur gepickt, hier werden feine Riffs ausgebreitet, die sich mit der immergrünen Sixties-Orgel um die Hauptrolle streiten. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives lassen grüßen, und auch die hübsche „Queen Of Tears“ wohnt in der direkten Nachbarschaft von Ebbot Lundberg und seinen Jüngern.  "Golden Hair" wiederum klingt genau so, wie es der Titel verspricht, man sieht förmlich die Hippie-Prinzessin entrückt im Mondschein tanzen. Und wie sich das für Psychedelic-Freaks gehört, findet sich auf diesem wunderbaren Debütalbum auch noch ein kleiner Hidden Track, der den Hörer wie eine Bleiweste runterzieht in düster-depressive Tiefen. Tut ein bisschen weh, tut aber insgesamt sehr gut.

"You’ll not be able to listen to them without your foot tapping like it has a mind of its own." /Eddie Thomas - Subba-Cultcha