Last Updated 02/12/2025 02:25 PM EST
LOG IN
CART
Cart Items :
Sub Total :
artist
label
title
catalog #
any field
advanced
New Releases
Artists
Labels
Forthcoming
Best Sellers
Reviews
Jobs
soundclips
[All Countries]
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Europe
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Korea
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russian Federation
Scotland
Senegal
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
UK
Ukraine
United States
Uruguay
World's Leading Terrorist State
World's Misleading Terrorist State
[All Formats]
Book
Cassette
CD
Clothing
Digital
DVD
MISC
VHS
Vinyl
[All Genres]
CLASSICAL
COMEDY
ELECTRONIC
EXPERIMENTAL
HIPHOP
JAZZ
Misc
ROCK
WORLD
artist
catalog #
label
title
any field
Tweet
Send Email
PRICE:
$18.50
$18.50
LOW STOCK LEVEL
On Order. 1-2 Weeks
ARTIST
STATE CHAMPION
TITLE
Send Flowers
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
FEEDING TUBE RECORDS
CATALOG #
FTR 416LP
FTR 416LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
12/14/2018
"Although I have lately taken to associating Louisville's
Ryan Davis
with the maniacal blurt of
Tropical Trash
, I am reminded by the release of the fourth
State Champion
LP,
Send Flowers
, that this is his original mothership.
Send Flowers
is State Champion's most fully realized Beard Rock expression to date. The surrealist underpinnings of Ryan's lyrics are heavier than ever, but that is balanced by the band's most epiphanically tasty licking. The pieces fit together with such easy organic grace, it's tempting to suspect they're simple. But the closer you listen to the parts the more complex they appear. This begins with Ryan's words, which are sung so gracefully you have to concentrate to pick up on the timeless phrases he invents here, but when you pay attention they jump up and just about bite you. The same thing goes for the instrumentation, which initially passes as a mere recreation of lost Topanga threads, but surpasses those bounds with the something approaching the same assurance as the
David Lindley
-led band on
Terry Reid
's
River
LP (the transcendent Beard Rock masterpiece).
Send Flowers
will almost surely be misapprehended by lazy farmers and the cows who follow them. It may also be anathema to folks who primarily head-link it to Tropical Trash, but for anyone who digs the new generation of singer/songwriters out there, from
Wooden Wand
to
Ned Collette
to the legacy of the
Silver Jews
. Peel slowly and see." --
Byron Coley
, 2018.
Other releases on FEEDING TUBE RECORDS