Released in late 2012, Odes is the fourth studio album from The Flowers of Hell. It is a covers record and the first release from the group to feature vocals and verse-chorus-verse song structures. It was premiered by Lou Reed, who opened the twelfth and final episode of his New York Shuffle radio show praising the group and airing three songs in a row, "O Superheroin" (a marriage of Laurie Anderson's "O Superman" and Lou Reed's "Heroin"), "Mr. Tambourine Man" (re-imagined to sound like The Velvet Underground circa 1967), and "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft".
The group collaborated with Czech dissident musician Ivo Pospíšil (DG 307, The Plastic People of the Universe, Půlnoc) on a reworking of the Prague underground classic "Muchomůrky Bílé", and with British Sea Power's Neil Wilkinson and Abi Fry (a founding member of The Flowers of Hell and two times Mercury Prize nominee) on Fleetwood Mac's "Over and Over".
Contents
Track listing
Avery Island / April 1 (Neutral Milk Hotel) - 1:23
Atmosphere (Joy Division) - 4:38
Muchomůrky Bílé (Destroying Angel) (Plastic People of The Universe) - 3:47
Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed) - 3:30
Run Run Run (The Velvet Underground) - 4:27
The Last Beat of My Heart (Siouxsie and the Banshees) - 3:51
Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan) - 4:02
Super-Electric (Stereolab) - 3:56
O Superheroin ("O Superman" by Laurie Anderson / "Heroin" by Lou Reed) - 4:36
Over and Over (Fleetwood Mac) - 4:19
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (Klaatu) - 5:03
On A Swirling Ship (Greg Jarvis) - 2:57
Bonus Tracks
The Last Beat of My Heart (Orchestral Mix) (Siouxsie and the Banshees) - 3:44
No Side To Fall In (The Raincoats) - 1:48
Personnel
Greg Jarvis – electric guitar, piano, Hammond organ, harmonica, drums, vibraphone, vocals
Jeremiah Knight – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Chris McCann – electric guitar
Owen James – trumpet
Ira Zingraff – trumpet
Yvo Boom – baritone sax
Laura C. Bates – violin
Rose Bolton – violin
Lee Rose – violin
Jeff Taylor – violin
Jennifer Moersch – cello
Barry Newman – harmonica
Abi Fry – piano, vocals
Brian Taylor – Hammond organ, flute
Steve Head – bass
Ronnie Morris – bass
Neil Wilkinson – bass, vocals
Hollie Stevenett – double bass
Sean Berry – drums & percussion
Ami Spears – drums & percussion, vocals
Francis Hurley – vocals
Tamara Kubova – vocals
Ivo Pospíšil – vocals