Stars of the Lid - Avec Laudenum (Black Vinyl) Folk Music What makes Flower of Devotion

What makes Flower of Devotion so impressive is how its creation seems to have strengthened its creators

A run of ground-breaking club EPs between 2020 and 2022 built momentum and culminated in their breakthrough club single

originally released on their own Royal Records label in 1988

a record that rewards with repeated listens

traded vocals reminiscent of forebears Veronica Falls coast over pounding drum grooves peppered with retro keyboards and spunky electric guitars

Stars of the Lid - Avec Laudenum (Black Vinyl) Folk Music What makes Flower of Devotion2023 repress. "The first vinyl release in the U. S. for this, the fifth SotL album, originally released by Sub Rosa in 1999 and then reissued by Kranky in the fall of 2002. A pivotal album in their career, this marked the first time the duo completely stepped away from the more abstract sound pieces of earlier albums and engaged with the more symphonic and compositional approach that has become the forte of their more recent recordings."