All the Flowers Growing in Your Mother’s Eyes

Description

All the Flowers Growing in Your Mother’s Eyes is the debut full-length album by the American indie-rock band The Throes, released on R.E.X. Music in September 1990. The album was produced by Doug Mann and Paul Krueger.

In 1990, The Throes became the first alternative pop band to sign with R.E.X. Music, an indie label based out of New York City and at that time mostly known for its speed and death metal acts. The band consisted of William “Bill” Campbell (guitar and vocals), Joy Gewalt (bass and vocals), and Harold Evans (drums and vocals).

Arriving in the heyday of the alternative revolution, The Throes’ astonishing debut, All the Flowers Growing in Your Mother’s Eyes, captured the innocence and idealism of that singular movement. Driven by the songwriting prowess of Bill Campbell and Harold Evans, the Throes create dour, moody pop akin to the Smiths and R.E.M.. Songs are built around Campbell’s sparkling guitar and driven forward by Evans’ idiosyncratic percussion. Where most college rock bands flounder amidst pretentious lyrics and too-light music, The Throes convey their often-poetic sentiments adroitly. «This Love Is an Ocean» churns and rolls, moving slowly forward while «Passion Flower» is up-tempo and colored by sadness. Even the sweaty, punkish rave-up «Skin Kings» is propelled by a sentiment of self-loathing and disgust. All the Flowers Growing in Your Mother’s Eyes works because it stays open and airy and buoyant despite these weighty confessions. The record is charged with the unmistakable energy of possibility, the sound of a young band who still believes they can change the world. [J. Edward Keyes, AMG]

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CD tracklist:

01. Black Birds – 2:40
02. All The Flowers Growing In Your Mother’s Eyes – 4:13
03. Just One Moment – 3:14
04. This Love Is An Ocean – 3:26
05. Eyes Of My Sister – 3:01
06. Skin Kings – 3:50
07. Tell – 4:02
08. Nature And The Soul – 2:46
09. Inside View – 3:33
10. All Alone – 2:18
11. Sea Song – 5:01
12. Passion Flower – 3:57

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by R.E.X. Music. Remastered and re-issued in 2019 as a Deluxe 2 CD set featuring extensive bonus material, housed in a 6 panel wallet with an album cover poster/lyric insert. Also released as a 180g 12-inch vinyl LP (pressed on Orange/White and Red/White/Splatter, limited to 100 copies of each color). Available at Bandcamp: https://thethroes.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-flowers-growing-in-your-mothers-eyes-deluxe

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