Hello, Blue Roses

Hello, Blue Roses
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Locust Music
Associated acts	Bonaparte
Members	Dan Bejar Sydney Hermant

Hello, Blue Roses is a Canadian musical collaboration^[1] involving Dan Bejar (of Destroyer and The New Pornographers) and his girlfriend, Sydney Hermant,^[2] a visual artist from Vancouver.

Discography

Hello, Blue Roses' first album, The Portrait Is Finished and I Have Failed to Capture Your Beauty... was released on 22 January 2008 by Locust Music. Their sophomore album titled 'WZO' released on JAZ Records in February 2015^[3] as both a digital download and limited-edition vinyl LP. Their name is a reference to a line from Tennessee William's The Glass Menagerie.

"The Portrait Is Finished and I Have Failed to Capture Your Beauty..." Track listing

1. "Hello Blue Roses" - 2:35
2. "Scarecrow" - 2:21
3. "Paquita Reads by Candlelight" - 1:05
4. "Shadow Falls" - 3:10
5. "Heron Song" - 3:03
6. "St. Angela" - 4:43
7. "Coming Through Imposture" - 2:31
8. "Golden Fruit" - 2:45
9. "Come Darkness" - 2:32
10. "Sunny Skies" - 3:05
11. "Mediterranean Snow" - 2:34
12. "Skeleton Aim" - 2:11
13. "Sickly Star" - 2:32
14. "Hymn" - 4:28

"WZO" Track listing

1. "Amulet" - 2:56
2. 'Telepathy' - 01:47
3. 'Errant Sophia' - 02:53
4. 'Brutalist Brick' - 04:01
5. 'Wild Reed (A Crone's Advice to Her Daughter, Wild Reed)' - 03:46
6. 'Crashing' - 02:24
7. 'Wading Pools' - 01:59
8. 'Ghosts' - 03:23
9. 'Alizarian Cream' - 02:06
10. 'Speak To Me' - 03:18

References

1. SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. March 2008. pp. 102–. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
2. Hello Blue Roses' Bandcamp page Bandcamp.com
3. http://pitchfork.com/news/58343-hello-blue-roses-destroyers-dan-bejar-frog-eyes-casey-mercer-release-new-album-wzo/

• CBC Radio 3 Podcast No. 142