{"id":22616,"date":"2022-02-26T05:30:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T10:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=22616"},"modified":"2022-02-28T11:08:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:08:19","slug":"album-review-lannie-flowers-flavor-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/26\/album-review-lannie-flowers-flavor-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Lannie Flowers &#8212; Flavor of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22617\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/lannie_flowers_flavor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/lannie_flowers_flavor.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/lannie_flowers_flavor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/lannie_flowers_flavor-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Texas singer, songwriter and guitarist Lannie Flowers is a giant in the power pop subgenre. His body of work showcases chiming, hooky and melodic songs with an immediate, relatable character. His 2019 release, <em>Home<\/em> took things in a slightly different direction, leaning in more of an acoustic\/Americana style. Though widely acclaimed, <i>Home<\/i> remained something of an outlier. How he\u2019s back with <i>Flavor of the Month<\/i>, a record that effectively reconciles the differences between <em>Home<\/em> and his earlier work.<\/p>\n<p><i>Flavor of the Month<\/i> has the accessibility and hookiness of classic Flowers, but it\u2019s a subtly more mature record. The songs employ even more metaphorical shade and light than before; Flowers has expanded is already considerable musical palette to include a wider variety of styles.<\/p>\n<p>And those styles aren\u2019t used in a musical travelogue way; no, they\u2019re merely the tools Flowers uses to get his musical ideas across. Think of the subtle keyboard and backing voices on the <i>Revolver<\/i>-esque \u201cLost in a Daydream\u201d as a fistful of paintbrushes; Flowers uses the components as a means to an end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSummer Blue\u201d leaps out of the speakers with passion, exuberance and an uplifting vibe that wraps itself around the listener\u2019s cerebral cortex. The insistent rhythm section (drummer Scott Trammell and bassist Pat Buchanan) has the perfect feel and character for Flowers&#8217; songs; the three musicians plays in a way that suggests they\u2019re communicating on a level the rest of us can\u2019t being to understand.<\/p>\n<p>Quieter numbers like \u201cLet it Go\u201d still have a rock sensibility, and serve to emphasize the strength and variety of Flowers\u2019 songwriting. And that track\u2019s vocal harmonies might lead the listener to think of Crosby, Stills and Nash. But then Flowers shifts gears back to breezy, impassioned rockers like \u201cWhere Did All the Fun Go?\u201d a tune that wouldn\u2019t have been out of place on <i>Circles<\/i> or <i>Same Old Story<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The catchy songcraft that made 2010\u2019s <i>Circles<\/i> an essential part of any melodic rock fan\u2019s collection is all over the new record. The product of pandemic-era series of digital releases, <i>Flavor of the Month<\/i> nonetheless sounds and feels like what it is: a cohesive album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas singer, songwriter and guitarist Lannie Flowers is a giant in the power pop subgenre. His body of work showcases chiming, hooky and melodic songs with an immediate, relatable character. 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