
I’ll ask again: what’s in the water in Omaha, Nebraska? With Saddle Creek’s new releases in 2012 from Cursive, Tilly and the Wall (technically Team Love, but whatever…), Azure Ray, PUJOL, and The Mynabirds, it looks like this Midwest indie folk label is still going strong despite Conor Oberst’s apparent departure with Bright Eye’s swansong The People’s Key . Yet just when things seemed like they couldn’t get any better, Icky Blossoms finally followed up their January release of singles “Perfect Vision” and “Babes” with their eponymous debut album this past week. [...]
Icky Blossoms, the Omaha electro-pop trio of Derek Pressnall (Tilly And The Wall), Nik Fackler, and Sarah Bohling, release their Dave Sitek-produced debut LP next week. Today we've got the passionate, destructive visual treatment for slow-burning album standout "Perfect Vision." Check out some words from the band about the film, then watch it and download the track below. Read More...
Stereogum Icky Blossoms, the Omaha electro-pop trio of Derek Pressnall (Tilly And The Wall), Nik Fackler, and Sarah Bohling, release their Dave Sitek-produced debut LP next week. Today we've got the passionate, destructive visual treatment for slow-burning album standout "Perfect Vision." Check out some words from the band about the film, then watch it and download the track below. Read More... [...]

Icky Blossoms // “Perfect Vision” Did you even find something so exciting and stimulating that you find yourself snickering quietly as you fawn over it? Something that is so great that the impulse to keep it to yourself is tied with the impulse to share it with everyone and anyone you come in contact with? Yeah, well I just had one of those. I don’t know if it’s the medication that I’m on that’s got me all buzzed or if this track is as stellar as I am dreaming it up to be. Either way I [...]