Above the Volcano of Flowers [Limited Edition]

The Fire Show | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 6, 2001)
• Original Release Date: November 6, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition
• Label: Perishable
• ASIN: B00005RCUE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #795,516 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Designer A Steeper Cliff

2. You, The Ghost

3. 1986’6

4. Dead Like Latin

5. Bed With Ambulance/Police Light On Top

Editorial Reviews

As The Fire Show retooled for release number 2, they stumbled on this, release number 1.5. Continuing in their self-invented tradition of high-contrast, black & white art rock, The Fire Show have strung together a 42 minute collection of high-anxiety and soul searching epics.

Above the Volcano of Flowers (named with a line from Eugenio Montale’s Collected Poems) includes offerings from The Fire Show’s original line-up and from the subsequent, touring line-up. The consistent elements are singer/guitarist/samplist, M. Resplendent and guitarist/pianist/singer, Olias Nil (both formerly of Number One Cup.)

Ornette Coleman-inspired horn lines and Black Sabbath-style riffage. A haunting, angular number which asserts "we must put into you this ethereal quality of ghostliness." Mucking about in the stultifying ennui of a creative life. Resplendent cocooned in a tangle of overdriven electronic tones and drones, bellowing "Are you still into it, like I am into it?" Television, Gang of Four, Keith Levene-era Pil guitars...do you see where we're going with this?

Enjoy Above The Volcano of Flowers. The Fire Show number 2 isn’t far off. This limited release (1000) is a bridge to get you over.