Blue Orchids - The Sleeper Format:CD Lute Score 8

Lute Score 8

Breaking the Rules

Title excerpted from "Blazing Firms" by Sandro Chia

Boasting a poised avant-retro sound and vision (three of the five band members were female)

Blue Orchids - The Sleeper Format:CD Lute Score 8Recorded in 1993, The Sleeper confirms Martin Bramah as a major (if sorely underrated) songwriting talent. In addition to surging pop nuggets such as Lover of Nothing, Diamond Age, Dream Boat and Butterfly Effect, this polished sophomore set also encompasses the soft (Blue Grey Boy) and the sinister (Weird World), along with intimate ballad Out of Sight, one of Martin's best realized arrangements. In addition to the core Sleeper album, this expanded