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ProducerJoseph Rodgers; Pete Robertson

Record LabelDirty Hit

UPC5060257961788

eBay Product ID (ePID)10050167808

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Release Year2020

FormatCD

GenreRock

Run Time40 Mins 56 Seconds

ArtistBeabadoobee

Release TitleFake It Flowers

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DistributionUniversal Distribution

Number of Discs1

ReviewsRolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Throughout all these songs, Kristi leverages her rockcraft gifts to create an album about finding a distinct voice and discovering her own happiness..." Rolling Stone - "[A] delightful guitar rom-com, the sound of a self-assured bedroom-pop singer-songwriter navigating her way into the outside world." Spin - "Bea Kristi still makes the record feel innately hers, penning deeply personal lyrics about mental health struggles, difficult past relationships and finding love with her longtime boyfriend." Billboard - "Beabadoobee pulls from 90's alt rock....In 12 songs, the 20-year-old writes about growing up and the mistakes we make along the way." NME (Magazine) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "What was once buoyed by unbridled enthusiasm is now mastered by Bea's restraint - she can be loud, but contemplative too. It's a thrilling debut from Gen-Z's newest guitar hero, for sure..." Pitchfork (Website) - "Gen Z songwriter Bea Kristi uses the slanted melodies and flannel-loving aesthetics of '90s alternative rock in service of massive pop hooks." Clash (Magazine) - "[A] starting statement that runs on unmitigated confidence, a revealing, enthralling, enchanting debut record, one that finally finds beabadoobee throwing open the gates and letting the world into her life. It's a joy to behold."

Additional informationPersonnel: Beabadoobee (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Pete Robertson (guitar, synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming, background vocals); Matt Calvert, Jacob Bugden (guitar); Guy Button, Elena Abad (violin); Will Harvey (viola); Gavin Kibble (cello); Louis Semlekan-Faith (drums, percussion); Joseph Rodgers (programming, background vocals). Audio Mixer: Jonathan Gilmore. Recording information: Urchin Studios, London. Photographers: Kumiko Sekiguchi; Callum Harrison; James Ronkko. With each piece of music she releases, Beabadoobee's Bea Kristi takes huge steps forward -- which is saying something considering that the first song she ever wrote, 2017's "Coffee," quickly became a viral hit. Though that single's whispery simplicity won her an audience, it didn't capture the sound in her head. On the Loveworm and Space Cadet EPs, she enlisted a full band and producer Pete Robertson and looked back to the '90s, an era whose moods and sounds she digs deeper into on her debut album, Fake It Flowers. It's easy to understand why Beabadoobee finds that era so inspiring, even though it was over before she was born. Those years were a heyday for outspoken young women, whether they were musicians like Veruca Salt and Juliana Hatfield or fictional characters like My So-Called Life's Angela Chase (one of Fake It Flowers' finest moments, the swirling yet barbed "Dye It Red," sounds like it could be about her). Like many members of Generation Z, Beabadoobee doesn't just blur the boundaries between indie and mainstream, she erases them entirely. Back in the day, Fake It Flowers' glossy production might have seemed too slick, but it blends together everything in Kristi's songs -- gliding shoegaze, jangly indie, grungy catharsis, and ambitious string arrangements -- into something fresh. Beabadoobee interprets these sounds more holistically here than she did on her EPs, which playfully dropped names and influences in ways that wouldn't have worked as well on a full-length. Though "Together" and "Yoshimi, Forest Magdalene" deliver more of Space Cadet's irresistible, candy-coated grunge-pop, Beabadoobee covers much more musical ground on Fake It Flowers. Her singing is more expressive than ever on the gossamer verses and sneering choruses of "Care," the bright, brash declaration of independence that kick-starts the album. There's a newfound fury to the thundering "Charlie Brown" and "Sorry," a seemingly fragile ballad that invites comparisons to the Sundays and the Cranberries, then explodes them with an eruption of guitars. She makes room for the intimacy of the "Coffee" days on sketches like "How Was Your Day" but also on "Horen Sarrison," a love song where sweet lyrics ("You remind me of the pavement after the rain") drift into more unsettling ones ("I want you to feel uncomfortable"). This gift for distilling complex emotions into relatable songs is just as vital to Beabadoobee's music as her rapidly evolving sound, and both shine

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