The Molotovs - Flowers
From the “mix me a Molotov" of M’s Pop Musik to the “volatile Molotov’ of The Clash’s Straight To Hell, the hand-launched petrol bomb named after Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov clearly has an intrinsic place in the rock world, at least lyrically.
Curiously though for a band named after a DIY explosive, they are not the incendiary mix their name may suggest; instead, there is a polished restraint and structure in place of coruscating, overdriven noise.
London-based band The Molotovs formed at school then regrouped after heading off to college separately and play what they say is “twenties-inspired bar room French pop music”, although the sound is rather more by accident than design.
With today’s track Flowers the band absorb - like Vampire Weekend and early James - the band absorb an African guitar feel into their sound, with punchy ska horns and a vocal delivery that owes a small debt to Alex Turner.
Flowers is the band’s debut single and is due to be released on the Fierce Panda offshoot Cool For Cats on November 24.
[You can hear a demo version of Flowers here]
10:55 AM | 04/11/2008
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