Hothouse Flowers Come To NZ
Posted: Wed Feb 1, 2006 6:50 pm

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Irish pop-soul legends Hothouse Flowers turn up the heat and will be touring New Zealand………………..

“(the new album) Into Your Heart abounds with passion and raw, unpolished soul.” Sunday Independent

“marries traditional folk, knockabout rock and feverish gospel in service of a deep Celtic yearning for a rooted, meaningful existence in a tarnished world.” Stereo Review Magazine

For immediate release – Ireland’s leading exponents of rock & roll, roots and soul, Hothouse Flowers visit NZ for a national tour in April 2006.

Hothouse Flowers first emerged in the late eighties with a string of acclaimed albums, People, Home and Songs From the Rain which took them to the top of the charts in the UK and Ireland.

Hothouse Flowers are: Fiachna O' Braonain (Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Whistle & Backing Vocals), Liam O'Maonlai (Lead vocals, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar & Bodhran), Kieran Kennedy (Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals), Dave Clarke (Drums & Percussion).
Hothouse Flowers are a band with a history, certainly - and very definitely a presence and a future. The story is what legends are made of: from busking on the streets of Dublin in 1985, to attracting the attention and assistance of Bono and U2’s Mother Records; creating a huge buzz with their expansive, passionate brand of Irish-rooted rock’n’soul; being named “The Best Unsigned Band In Europe” by Rolling Stone, then landing a deal with London Records.

Three albums, world tours, adulation; the whole nine yards. Then in 1994 they decided to take a year off and try to tame the whirlwind that had become their lives – a year which turned into several as they rediscovered their families and their lives, and explored a variety of musical pathways.

The band got back together and decided to strip back down to the essentials and continued to rebuild and reinvent themselves over the next few years. After several major tours, the band started writing and recording what eventually became Into Your Heart, their fifth studio album.

“One thing to remember about this record,” offers Liam O Maonlai, singer/keyboardist for the band, “Is that we are all fathers now. And while all the songs aren’t specifically about fatherhood, that special, helpless kind of love is present throughout the record. That kind of love that is demanding, that makes you more practical, grounded. Because you have to be there; you have to be present.”

The album resonates with the varieties of love: for a child, for a spouse/lover, for spirit, for the joy of life and living. The slinky sensuality present in this record showcases what has only been apparent in their amazing live performances.

- WELLINGTON @ BAR BODEGA, TUE 25 APRIL
- AUCKALND @ THE STUDIO, WED 26 APRIL

Tickets on sale Monday 13 Feb from Ticketmaster (0800 11999) Real Groovy Records and www.liveinconcert.co.nz
For further information contact [email protected]

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