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The Nightblooms
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Band from Deventer, Netherlands, that combines US ’70s rock and UK noisepop and is especially popular in the UK and US independent scenes.
Members:
Esther Sprikkelman: vocals
Harry Otten: guitar
Leon Morselt: drums
Petra Van Tongeren: bass guitar
History:
1987 - The Nightblooms are inspired by the UK shoegazer scene. Like the shoegazers, the Nightblooms are very introvert on stage and hardly communicate with the audience. Go Eliza is the group’s first single.
1989 - The song Crystal Eyes ends up on the compilation LP Let’s Have A Picnic (Noet Lachten Records, the record label owned by the band Four One & Only’s). The records comes to the attention of BBC DJ John Peel who asks the band to send him more material and invites them to record a Peel session. Interviews in music magazines Melody Maker and New Musical Express are followed by an item in TV show Transmission. The Nightblooms also support UK band Ride[artist].
1991 - The single Butterfly Girl comes out via the UK label Fierce Recordings. Morselt and Otten move to Utrecht. Sprikkelman and Van Tongeren already live there.
1992 - The band’s first album is recorded in only two days time and produced by Steve Gregory from UK band Pooh Sticks. The Nightblooms sign to UK label Fire Records. My Bloody Valentine and Dinosaur Jr. are the band’s most important sources of inspiration. The album sells especially well in the UK and the US. The band goes on tour and is especially popular in Germany and the UK. At home in the Netherlands there is hardly any interest in The Nightblooms.
Members:
Esther Sprikkelman: vocals
Harry Otten: guitar
Leon Morselt: drums
Petra Van Tongeren: bass guitar
History:
1987 - The Nightblooms are inspired by the UK shoegazer scene. Like the shoegazers, the Nightblooms are very introvert on stage and hardly communicate with the audience. Go Eliza is the group’s first single.
1989 - The song Crystal Eyes ends up on the compilation LP Let’s Have A Picnic (Noet Lachten Records, the record label owned by the band Four One & Only’s). The records comes to the attention of BBC DJ John Peel who asks the band to send him more material and invites them to record a Peel session. Interviews in music magazines Melody Maker and New Musical Express are followed by an item in TV show Transmission. The Nightblooms also support UK band Ride[artist].
1991 - The single Butterfly Girl comes out via the UK label Fierce Recordings. Morselt and Otten move to Utrecht. Sprikkelman and Van Tongeren already live there.
1992 - The band’s first album is recorded in only two days time and produced by Steve Gregory from UK band Pooh Sticks. The Nightblooms sign to UK label Fire Records. My Bloody Valentine and Dinosaur Jr. are the band’s most important sources of inspiration. The album sells especially well in the UK and the US. The band goes on tour and is especially popular in Germany and the UK. At home in the Netherlands there is hardly any interest in The Nightblooms.
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Violetdusk wrote:
Crystal eyes, one weak moment....loved this band
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PunchTemjin wrote:
"Crystal eyes" kicked my bloody skull in last night. What a great track. Were have the 'blooms been all my life?
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trib3 wrote:
Great. But where can i find other albums?
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dropevasil wrote:
where are you guys??? excellent stuff
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BlurryRide wrote:
was great band
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