Reviews

Flowers In December

by Head Cleaner - All-Music Guide

Not since the Cowboy Junkies "Blue Moon" has a song captured the best parts of country music (strummed guitar, harmonica, simple rhythm) and wrapped them up in a shiver-inducing voice such as that belonging to Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval. Try listening to this one with the sound turned up high in a darkened room and soon every chord, every breathed vocal becomes almost tangible. Perfect late-night music to play when you're alone, "Flowers In December" is timeless and heedless of all going on around it. Beautiful. "Tell Your Honey" on the b-side is a steel-guitar driven track, featuring those heavenly vocals once again. "Hair And Skin" features a 60s-style organ as well as guitar and drums, and has a laid-back, San Francisco hippy-ish feel to it, albeit with a dark edge of menace.

Rating: 10/10