"Flora" was the first introduction to South London trio Beaty Heart’s new album, Till The Tomb, and received strong support from Radio 1; with plays coming from Annie Mac (also featured as one of her New Names of 2016), Huw Stephens (Single of the Week) and Phil Taggart, Lauren Laverne and Steve Lamacq at 6Music, John Kennedy at Radio X (Evening Playlist addition) and internationally it was added to Triple J’s playlist.
The band says, “'Flora' was partly inspired by the Brazilian jazz singer, Flora Purim. We tried to evoke her rich, steamy tones within our own style, as well as exploring improvisational techniques to form the melody of the song. There’s a real analogue-y, stacatto energy to it that we all love, as well as just a dash of filthy bastard.”
Beaty Heart, who are featured as one of Annie Mac’s New Names of 2016 on Radio 1, are Peckham-based alt-pop trio Charlie Rotberg, Joshua Mitchell and James Moruzzi, who released their acclaimed debut album Mixed Blessings in 2014, championed by the likes of Huw Stephens, Phil Taggart, Steve Lamacq and John Kennedy. Now they return with a reinvigorated new sound, influenced by the likes of Lee Scratch Perry, Arthur Russell, Roots Manuva, Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points. Beaty Heart juxtapose their musical and cultural influences from a captivatingly eclectic variety of sources, weaving an array of samples, instrumentation, and percussion into their sound to create something that is unique and distinctive.
Over the last year, Beaty Heart have been in the studio working on their second album with producers David Wrench (FKA Twigs, Caribou, Jungle) and Dave Eringa (Manic Street Preachers, Wilko Johnson), which is set for release July 29, 2016. Both their live and recorded music is accompanied by original artwork and video, which can be seen on the sleeve art for "Flora" created by Yves Rulliere and video, put together by the band themselves, coming soon.
