Flowered Up ‎– Better Life [7''] (1994, Heavenly)

When the Happy Mondays started to sound like bleak soundalikes of themselves, the Stone Roses wasted their time in legal battles, Primal Scream returned to retro sixties rock, and it was admitted that Inspiral Carpets never really sounded like any of the others, the Madchester Rave movement was happily buried by the music weeklies. Flowered Up's "Weekender" is often referred to as the scene's final hymn in 1992. But just Flowered Up from London, latercomers to the scene, would have had a vision of how to develop the Madchester sound. "Weekender" could have been the start of their big time -but it shouldn't happen. 'Better Life' is the only document of what Flowered Up were working on after 1992. It's a downtempo tune with rich, dubby production and some reggae elements, horns, well contrasted with dark, quite heavily distorted guitars and a massive slow flesh-and-blood groove. Liam Maher is in fine form (he makes Shaun Ryder sound like an opera singer in comparison). But whereas on 1991's 'A Life With Brian' the band mostly sounded like they were bored to the bone (in a good way!), on 'Better Life' the sound as if they really had something to say, while keeping things simple and effective. [SOURCE: DISCOGS] 

Label: Heavenly ‎– HVN 38 

Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM 

Country: UK 

Released: Apr 1994 

Genre: Electronic, Rock 

Style: Dub, Indie Rock, Alternative Dance

Tracklist:

A Better Life 

B Better Life (Instrumental) 

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