Pretty Flowers, The
A Company Sleeve (blue)
'A Company Sleeve' is the sophomore album from Los Angeles-based indie rock band The Pretty Flowers. The Big Takeover said of The Pretty Flowers, "These Los Angeles hard power-poppers... play '90s style indie-rock that harkens back to later Replacements, early Weezer, a little Sloan, and quite a bit of Wilco. They have the chops to write great songs." The album features 12 tracks that showcase the band's loud guitar indie and college rock influences, including Guided By Voices, Echo & the Bunnymen, Superchunk, and Teenage Fanclub. The album was produced by the band's own Jake Gideon, engineered by Adam Lasus (Lily's, Yo La Tengo, Madder Rose, and Helium) at Studio Red and mastered by Matthew Barnhart (Superchunk, Bob Mould, METZ). Punk Rock Theory praised "Baby Food", the album's first single, calling it "a bright and shiny power-pop meets college rock gem that should have fans of The Replacements and Superchunk giddy with anticipation for The Pretty Flowers upcoming full-length." American Pancake hailed "Baby Food" as "...a gleefully hyper piece of punchy rock with touchstones of 90's College Radio jangle pop, late 70's power pop and 80's indie / folk rock." To ensure a high-fidelity listening experience, the lacquers for A Company Sleeve were cut by Chicago Mastering Service in Chicago, Illinois and the vinyl was pressed by the amazing team at Cascade Record Pressing in Portland, Oregon. First pressing of 500 comes on translucent blue (250) and opaque blue (250). Includes 11x17 folded poster of the artwork used for the album's cover.