Machine Guns and Peacock Feathers brings fiery end-time imagery barrels are burning great art will be destroyed with a disco beat and flashy 80s synths.Īpocalypse 1993 reveals Ulver at their catchiest, its bounding-goat groove running hand in hand with a grand chorus depicting the catastrophic events at Waco, Texas, during the winter of that year the very same winter that saw the birth of Ulvers first incarnation.įrom that thorny undergrowth, this is what they have become: an eclectic, many-headed beast, chanting the ecstasies of the spirit and the senses.įlowers of Evil unfolds with the shattering second single, Little Boy.Ī mysterious beat moves the track towards its thunderous climax, and here Michael J. Russian Doll, the albums first single, moves determinedly through the night, with a story of unfolding tragedy and misery. One last dance in this burning church, Kristoffer Rygg announces on the albums opening track, featuring old friend Christian Fennesz on guitar and electronics.Ī slow build brings the music to the albums pulsing theme: WE ARE WOLVES UNDER THE MOON THIS IS OUR SONG WE HAVE LOVED AND WE HAVE LOST WE ARE READY TO GO With Flowers of Evil Ulver have fled a burning Rome, only to confront further crime and corruption. Once again Michael Rendall (The Orb) and legendary producer Martin Youth Glover have taken crystalline care of the mix.Īs Caesar demonstrated, Ulver havent abandoned any of their obsessions, worries or nightmares as they enter the gilded palace of pop. Have Ulver discovered new pastures under the sun Or scoured the ruins of their own moonlit past The truth is, theyre closer to their previous purlieu than perhaps ever before.ĭoom dance, someone dubbed their last studio album, the critically acclaimed, Impala Award-winning The Assassination of Julius Caesar (2017).įlowers of Evil comes across as an unfeigned progression along the course set by that album, revealing a band moving deeper into beats and grooves, hooks and choruses, synths and guitars, yet sounding more stripped back, making room for the distinctive detail. Visions similar to those of Orsini come to mind, as untamed life abounds: THEY SPREAD TWIST AND TURN IN THE KILLING FIELDS The threads of haunted places and images entwine. Soon after Orsinis death, trees began to close in on these many peculiar beings, and green moss would eventually seize them.įlowers of Evil, the new studio album from Ulver, finds the wolf pack exploring the fear and wonder of mankinds fall from redemption. Its a forest of symbols, suggesting a civilisation overrun by the beasts, demons and monsters of the primordial world. A lion sinks its teeth into the fire-breathing monsters chest.
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