John Moore - Floral TributesA bruised eremitic, Withnalian Rattlesnake on downers. Makes Lou Reed sound like a bricklayer. Andrew Male, Mojo. While compiling Lo Fi Lullabies, John Moore realized he had a second album stashed away in his song drawer. Begun in New York, and completed twenty years later in London, Floral Tributes hangs together remarkably well. It begins in the mid nineties, prior to Black Box Recorder, with his songs, fleshed out by, of all things, a jazz quartet.

It was recorded in Tricky's home studio in London

this new lp sought to take a different direction than the harsh swamp rock which characterized their first release

With his new solo album he frees himself of these parameters

dizzyingly complex songs that vein this

Tago Mago has been most often cited as an influence for a host of artists including John Lydon

number 4 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart

one of the most unique and important bands to come out of the UK post-punk / independent scene

and rejecting it for something much more volatile and dangerous

and can be found in recent press for Pitchfork

hip without being inaccesible

is a stand-out gem in Weezer's vast and varied catalogue

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