Music Style Dark, Brooding Artsy Noise Rock

Musical Influences Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Tom Waits

Similar Artists Firewater, Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Abby Travis

Group Members Paul Wallfisch - Vocals, Guitar, B-3 / Le Baron - Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Cello, Horns / Ivan Knight - Drums & Percussion

Albums I Am Yours

Press Reviews "...a sonic pornography of wit and lounge that prowls through the red-light district of rock...Botanica contemplates the agony and irony of it all in a catalog of tabloid narratives about dysfunction, dementia and doom, but dresses them up in dreamy melodies and langurous vocals that amuse and seduce with a sardonic slant and erotic sound...lush beauty you can sink your teeth into...Records this dark and wily just don't come along that often" ~L.A. Weekly"Grandeur, sweep, romance and edge" ~Boston Globe"...conspires to make your head spin. Disturbing and intriguing" ~Magnet "...If the words "super group" make you cringe, their [Botanica's] music is sure to change your mind" ~The Rocket"...a sweping trip of styles and moods..on some songs he sounds like the reincarnated Jim Morrison" ~Salt Lake Tribune"...masive riffs and cycling choruses...dazzling displays of compositional prowess..." ~L.A. New Times"...contains an unexplainable mysticism and a feel hitting the soul and lurking long after the CD ends" ~Rockpile"Layered with eerie, dusty instruments, arcane religious epithets, and sinister sexual impulses, Malediction sounds like a darkened storefront hung with cryptic incantatons and moon-dried viscera, but behind all the pungent strata are doorways that open onto bright, noisy penny arcades covered in neon, tinsel and chrome...Wallfisch...is a highly gifted multi-instrumentalist, a wry lyricist and a helluva performer" ~San Francisco Weekly

Location Los Angeles, CA - USA

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