REVIEWS:- manchestermusic.co.uk : "Blackflower first popped up here with "You Won't Get A Girl Like That" on the Cabin Boy Co-Operative label. This time their tunes are more direct and wrapped around the looping echoey riffs of a spikey guitar. It's a bit more contemporary than their temporary labelmates efforts, but hugely original in its strive to imprint its cascading pop into your head. Blackflower avoid the normal industry tussle of values over obvious chart success via predetermined templates and instead go for a jagged sense of ambitious, fragmented, joyful song writing. 4/5 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ losingtoday.com wrote: "'Crying shame' by Newcastle based trio Blackflower sounds like a corking face off between the Raspberries, Velvet Crush, Mayflies and the Hollow Men. Blackflower craft classic jangling bittersweet power pop of the highest order - this cutie jabs, jousts and jingles its way into your headspace with unnerving resolve and audacious petulance which all said and done is quite dandy by us." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ www.tastyfanzine.co.uk:- Pounding, energetic indie-pop with a spiky lead guitar melody and melancholic lyrics delivered with such emotion that you expect the singer to explode at any point. Compelling stuff. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ obscuredsound.com :- Now, on to BlackFlower. They expose a very energetic sound that holds a significant amount of emotional intensity. The late 80s and early 90s certainly appear to have been a big influence for BlackFlower, whose comparisons to The Smiths, The Housemartins, and Gene are easily stated. Actually, the lead vocals for BlackFlower sound strikingly similar to Gene's Martin Rossiter. In addition, Stu Robson's guitar is so powerfully used in the split single "Crying Shame" that one cannot help but remember the importance of Johnny Marr's contributions to The Smiths. Speaking of The Smiths, BlackFlower's lyrics certainly represent a similar amount of melancholy. While the beauty of "Crying Shame" lies in it's melody and musical organization, the lyrics certainly aren't happy-go-lucky either. "You don't even want to hurt me, just want to walk away," the ardent vocals sarcastically boast, "I don't even really hate you, can't stand to see your face" Such lines hold the same enjoyably pessimistic lyrical philosophy that Morrissey had before he got laid in Rome. It's an extremely enjoyable track though.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ REVIEWS: manchestermusic.co.uk :- 'Breezy, retrospective intelligent pop music with a sprightly jangle – Very nice indeed'. 4/5 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ the newcastle evening chronicle said: "blackflower play bittersweet powerpop songs inspired by the timeless melodies of 60's psych/pop bands such as the zombies and the left banke, through to the underground british and american sounds of the 80's and 90's." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ cuckoo press magazine :- 'ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL dreamy acoustic pop....too good for the head of steam.' +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 'you won't get a girl like that' split single with moira stewart released on cabin boy cooperative on november 6th 2006. cabinboy.co.uk +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ new single 'crying shame' released as a split single with the wonderful minotaurs tune 'partisan' on 12 march 2007 on sweetrecords.co.uk.