Arctic Flowers – with Viscous Pleasures – Old City – and Mania – at Mass Media Records – Santa Ana, CA – March 29, 2012

Portland, Oregon has a handful of bands that we love, but one in particular that we can start paying more attention to is female fronted band Arctic Flowers. Named after a Rubella Ballet record, Arctic Flowers go for a similar sound, pulling off the whole "Melodic Anarcho-Punk" "New Wave" sound so well, but just a little more "Punk". I cant forget to mention how beautiful Alex's (vocalist) voice is.

They have only a few releases under their belts, but Arctic Flowers small discography is completely worth checking out. Their first 2 releases, a 4 song demo cassette, and the other a 3 song EP, were both self released. In 2010 they did a split with Canadian band, Spectres, which was released on Charged/Distort. Sometime in July 2011, they released an LP titled "Reveries", on Inimical Records (Seattle, WA). "Reveries" sold out so quickly that they had to do a repress of the album.

 
Starting March 22, 2012, Arctic Flowers will be embarking on a 9 day tour in California, each show costing no more than 6 bucks! For those in the Orange County area, on March 29, Arctic Flowers will be playing an all ages in store show at Mass Media Records in Santa Ana with Viscous Pleasures, Old City, and Mania starting at 7pm. Whats better than a cheap show with good bands where you can get some record hunting done too? NOTHING. So don't hesitate and make sure to go.

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-Corrina P.-
Big Wheel Contributor

 

 

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