{"id":22332,"date":"2016-07-05T18:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T22:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22332"},"modified":"2016-07-03T21:47:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T01:47:01","slug":"pink-flames-debut-single-on-raft-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22332","title":{"rendered":"Pink Flames debut single on Raft Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pink Flames\u00a0are set to release their debut single on\u00a0Raft Records,\u00a0The\u00a0Vinyl Factory sub label set up in collaboration with The Horrors\u2019 \/ Cat\u2019s Eyes\u2019\u00a0Faris Badwan\u00a0and his brother\u00a0and Loom frontman\u00a0Tarik,\u00a0on July 22<span style=\"font-size: small;\">,<\/span>\u00a02016.<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m Just A Star On A Democratic Flag<\/em> and <em>Pain<\/em>, recorded with The Horrors\u2019 guitarist\u00a0Joshua Third\u00a0and The History Of Apple Pie&#8217;s\u00a0Jerome Watson, is a double A-side release on limited edition seven inch vinyl and will also be available to download via all the main outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Described recently as Broadcast meets Brian Jonestown Massacre, <em>I\u2019m Just A Star On A Democratic Flag<\/em> was originally released in the late sixties by L.A. cult band\u00a0Smiles\u00a0and is accompanied by a\u00a0striking new video by founding member of The Jesus and Mary Chain\u00a0and award winning music video \/ film director\u00a0Douglas Hart.<\/p>\n<p>The Pink Flames line up of\u00a0Isabel Spurgeon (vocals \/ keyboard)\u00a0and\u00a0Max Oscarnold (guitar),\u00a0who also feature in JC Flowers and Toy respectively, recorded the two tracks earlier this year backed by a band that included The Horrors\u2019\u00a0Coffin Joe\u00a0(drums), Toy bassist\u00a0Maxim Baron\u00a0and\u00a0Edgar Smith\u00a0from JC Flowers (double bass).<\/p>\n<p>Busy schedules permitting, the London duo are hoping to announce some live dates to coincide with the single release in the very near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Pink Flames\u00a0are set to release their debut single on\u00a0Raft Records,\u00a0The\u00a0Vinyl Factory sub label set up in collaboration with The Horrors\u2019 \/ Cat\u2019s Eyes\u2019\u00a0Faris Badwan\u00a0and his <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22332\" title=\"Pink Flames debut single on Raft Records\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,28,30,1907],"tags":[5035,5036,5034,5033],"class_list":["post-22332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-im-just-a-star-on-a-democratic-flag","tag-pain","tag-pink-flames","tag-raft-records"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/160094.jpg?fit=350%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-5Oc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28648,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28648","url_meta":{"origin":22332,"position":0},"title":"Wire to reissue first 3 albums via pinkflag","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In addition to the previously announced Record Store Day 7\" singles box set release, the reissue of Wire's first three hugely influential first three albums is announced. 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