Soulive – Flowers (LP)

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Presenting Soulive‘s brand new albumFlowersthe pioneering modern organ trio’s first full-length album in 15 years!For more than twenty-five years, the Woodstock, New Yorkformed trioSoulivehave carried the flame of the Hammond-organ format for a new generation. GuitaristEric Krasno, organistNeal Evans, and drummer-producerAlan Evansbuilt their language on feel and economy three voices locked in, sweat and telepathy with no wasted motion. Too lean for a jam band, too funky for straight-ahead jazz,Souliveblurred every border until categories fell away.Soulivenever broke up; they just went quiet. Krasno turned to songwriting and production. Neal to arranging and texture. Alan to engineering and sound. Theres so much more that goes into a recording than the gear, Alan says. Its about the environment your place in space and time at that moment.That reconnection took form on Flowers,Soulives first full-length album in fifteen years. Tracked atFlki Studios a century-old former grocery store on Icelands north coast the sessions pulled the trio out of routine and back into focus. Alan had worked there before with MonoNeon and Oteil Burbridge, drawn to the light and the solitude.Flkis co-founderWade Koemanbuilt the studio for isolation and inspiration. Ninety percent of the time, no ones there, he says. Youve got the midnight sun in summer, the Northern Lights in winter. Its truly remote. Inside: vintage analog gear, wide windows, and silence. Most studios are dark, sealed off, Alan says. This one has light pouring in. You look out and theres the ocean. The room feels alive.ForSoulive, Flowers isnt a comeback its a continuation. A conversation picked up after a long silence. Three players still finishing each others thoughts, still finding the downbeat together.