Noah Green (The Pretty Flowers)
photo by Zach Borque
What are your top five albums that were released in 2021? (In order 1-5)
- Reigning Sound - A Little More Time With
- Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days
- The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Uncommon Weather
- Mo Troper - Dilettante
- Church Girls - Still Blooms
What band did you discover in 2021 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? What made them significant?
Thanks to Museum of Home Video’s Musicvideodrome show on Twitch I discovered the work of Laurie Anderson and her album Big Science. I was blown away by the arrangement of the 8-minute song “O Superman” and the performance video. The album became the soundtrack to many long, stoned bike rides around Los Angeles this year.
How will you remember 2021? (In terms of music)
I guess I will remember 2021 as the year live music returned and the ubiquity of Turnstile.
What can we look forward to from you in 2022?
The Pretty Flowers will release our 2nd album, which we’ve been working really hard on. We recorded a lot of the album at the end of 2019 at Studio Red with Adam Lasus, and did another follow-up session with him in October of this year some for some newly-written songs.
What records are you looking forward to most in 2022?
Near Beer
Ways Away
Wet Leg
Sea Power - Everything was Forever
Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa
What went through your head the first time you played live in 2021 after the delay? (If you haven’t -- what do you anticipate when you hit that point?)
We played our first show back at The Redwood Bar in LA. It was a Friday in the first week of July when it seemed like things were going to be better than they’d been, during that small sliver of time when grocery stores had signs up that said “if you’re vaccinated, masks are optional while shopping.” Because of that we had a ton of good friends come out, who we hadn’t seen in a long time, and for a lot of them it was their first show back, so it made the night that much better. Kind of an overwhelmingly great night.
Noah Green – social media links
- Twitter: @PrettyFlowersLA
- Instagram: @the_pretty_flowers
