***Los Angeles quartet Exploding Flowers return with Alphabet Window, their fourth and most accomplished album to date. Across twelve beautifully crafted songs, the band expands its signature blend of jangly guitars, soaring harmonies and richly layered arrangements, creating a record that feels both timeless and strikingly fresh.Drawing inspiration from melodic guitar-pop traditions without ever sounding nostalgic, Alphabet Window effortlessly balances immediacy and sophistication. Piano, organ, synthesizers, vibraphone and shimmering guitars enrich the band's warm, hook-driven songwriting, resulting in an album that reveals new details with every listen.Already praised by Bandcamp Daily as "a colorful and kind-spirited amalgamation... full of jangling guitars, handclaps and sparkling melodies," Exploding Flowers continue to establish themselves as one of the most exciting contemporary guitar-pop bands.Recommended if you like: Big Star, The Chills, Teenage Fanclub, The Soft Boys, The Bats, Fountains of Wayne, The Lemon Twigs, Papercuts.
LP $19.95
10/16/2026
***Exploding Flowers are a Los Angeles quartet who have crafted their own universe of guitar- based pop, with its flourishes of piano, organ, synthesizers, vibraphone and glockenspiel on top of a foundational rhythm section. Led by Sharif Dumani who has worked with a variety of artists which include Alice Bag, Cody Chesnutt, Sex Stains, the Moon Upstairs, Classics Of Love, Nick Garrie, Jowe Head, Nikki Sudden, Silver Apples and many more, the quartet is comprised of members Josh Mancell (the Moon Upstairs, Cell\Borg), Happy Tsugawa-Banta (Lassie Foundation, Ray Barbee), and Mark Sogomian (the Moon Upstairs). With two previous albums and an EP released, they have been compared to everything from Big Star to the Soft Boys, and L.A.’s Paisley Underground to New Zealand’s 1980s-era Flying Nun Records guitar pop roster (such as the Chills, the Bats, etc.). Watermelon/Peacock is Exploding Flowers third release packed with analog production, poetic lyricism, and the same strong melodies and hooks we’ve now come to expect from a band that prioritizes its songwriting with smart left turns. Joined on this release by indie veterans Rachel Love of seminal pop legends Dolly Mixture, and Jowe Head of D.I.Y. legends Swell Maps and post-punk/mod/psychedelia legends Television Personalities, this is a release that has something for everyone to enjoy. Album artwork by artist and musician Jill Emery (Hole, Mazzy Star).
LP $20.25
04/04/2025