THE WHITE PETUNIAS
Information: Features Joel Stern (trumpet, electronics — also of Abject Leader, Impromptulons, Sky Needle), Jamie Hume (vocals, tapes — also of Year of the Sex Olympics/Auchenflower Red Light District, The Perfect Lovers), and Anthony Guerra (guitar — also of Your Intestines, Antipan, Black Petal label).
Known recordings: ‘The Last Resort’ C60 released by Breakdance the Dawn (BDTD14), ‘No Way Out’ CS (??)
Other: I saw them perform at the Globe Theatre in 2008 during the Breakdance Your Mind festival, here’s what I thought of them (Esoteric Glee Club #9, Breakdance Your Mind festival, Globe Theatre, 26/11/08 – taken from the Aug’08-Oct’09 archives):
“…Five minutes into White Petunias set, they’re really going at it: The full-on intensity of the music added with Jamie Hume standing in front of the stage, creating a silhouette, and the flashing, spastic lights is near overwhelming. It’s strange to walk into the room, everybody fixated and rarely blinking, staring at the stage – the light shining on their glazed-over expressionless faces, some try to dance but end up in a trance-like state barely doing anything more than swaying from side-to-side. At around the 20th minute, strobe lights violently flicker, Jamie stands motionless saying something I can’t understand, the rest of the band only visible through the yellow lights directed behind them – it’s an ethereal experience. Jamie sits down, lets the rest of the band finish out the set and to wind everything down…”
Links: Breakdance the Dawn — Nature Strip — Black Petal — Half/theory profile — another scan of the tape
ed note: anybody got a copy of the tape they want to throw this way? contact-at-labyrinthcity-dotcom
