“A botanist working in a remote wood dismisses what she believes to be superstitions, but as night falls she is led off track by a will-o’-the-wisp,” explains US musician Timmi Meskers. “She encounters a strange figure who offers to help find the flower she pursues, before leading her through a ring of mushrooms to a woodland banquet…”
Timmi is describing the storyline of Night Blooming Flowers, a stunning new album recorded under her regular nom-de-plume of Garden Gate in collaboration with mischievous Glaswegian tape looper Drew Mulholland. Combining groovy vintage horror trappings with evocative electronica, the album is a melodic descent into the world of fairy folklore. “I was over the moon to get a message from Drew expressing his interest in a collaboration,” says Timmi. “I’ve been a fan…
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