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Hello, Blue Roses

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Hello, Blue Roses is a Canadian musical collaboration[1] involving Sydney Hermant, a visual artist from Vancouver, and her husband Dan Bejar (of Destroyer and The New Pornographers).

Hello, Blue Roses
OriginVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Years active2008 (2008)–present
LabelsLocust Music
MembersDan Bejar
Sydney Hermant

History edit

Hello, Blue Roses was created by Hermant and Bejar in 2008. Their name is a reference to a line from Tennessee William's The Glass Menagerie. They released their debut album, The Portrait Is Finished and I Have Failed to Capture Your Beauty..., in 2008 through by Locust Music.[2][3]

In February, 2015 the pair released a second album, WZO, through JAZ Records.[4] Most of the songs were written by Hermant.[5][6] It was distributed as both a digital download and limited-edition vinyl LP.

Discography edit

"The Portrait Is Finished and I Have Failed to Capture Your Beauty..." Track listing edit

  1. "Hello Blue Roses" - 2:35
  2. "Scarecrow" - 2:21
  3. "Paquita Reads by Candlelight" - 1:05
  4. "Shadow Falls" - 3:10
  5. "Heron Song" - 3:03
  6. "St. Angela" - 4:43
  7. "Coming Through Imposture" - 2:31
  8. "Golden Fruit" - 2:45
  9. "Come Darkness" - 2:32
  10. "Sunny Skies" - 3:05
  11. "Mediterranean Snow" - 2:34
  12. "Skeleton Aim" - 2:11
  13. "Sickly Star" - 2:32
  14. "Hymn" - 4:28

"WZO" Track listing edit

  1. "Amulet" - 2:56
  2. 'Telepathy' - 01:47
  3. 'Errant Sophia' - 02:53
  4. 'Brutalist Brick' - 04:01
  5. 'Wild Reed (A Crone's Advice to Her Daughter, Wild Reed)' - 03:46
  6. 'Crashing' - 02:24
  7. 'Wading Pools' - 01:59
  8. 'Ghosts' - 03:23
  9. 'Alizarian Cream' - 02:06
  10. 'Speak To Me' - 03:18

References edit

  1. ^ SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. March 2008. pp. 102–. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Dan Bejar's Hello, Blue Roses Release New LP". Exclaim!, By Alex Hudson Feb 04, 2015
  3. ^ "Hello, Blue Roses The Portrait Is Finished and I Have Failed to Capture Your Beauty". Exclaim!, By Brock Thiessen Jan 22, 2008
  4. ^ "Destroyer’s Dan Bejar and Sydney Hermant suddenly resurrect Hello Blue Roses with the surprise album WZO"[usurped]. Chart Attack, Simone Zucker - Feb 4, 2015
  5. ^ "Hello Blue Roses – WZO". Consequences of Sound, Adam Kivel. on February 10, 2015
  6. ^ "Hello, Blue Roses's WZO serenely shimmers". Georgia Straight, by Alex Hudson on April 8th, 2015

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