| Birds, Beasts, and Flowers | ||||
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| Released | September 28, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | Nov 2003 - May 2004 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock/folk music | |||
| Label | Arena Rock Recording Co. | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    link |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.8/10 link [ permanent dead link ] |
Birds, Beasts, & Flowers is a split EP between indie rock band The Autumn Defense and indie folk band Hem. It was released on September 28, 2004 on the Arena Rock Recording Co. label. [1]
Australian indie rock is part of the overall flow of Australian rock history but has a distinct history somewhat separate from mainstream rock in Australia, largely from the end of the punk rock era onwards.
Hem is a musical group from Brooklyn, New York. Band members include Sally Ellyson (vocals), Dan Messé, Gary Maurer, Steve Curtis, George Rush, Mark Brotter (drums), Bob Hoffnar, and Heather Zimmerman (violin). The group sometimes expands to include other musicians and orchestral accompaniments.
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Birds, Beasts and Flowers is a collection of poetry by the English author D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1923. These poems include some of Lawrence's finest reflections on the 'otherness' of the non-human world.
A hem is a sown edge of cloth.
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Birds, Beasts, and Flowers can refer to:
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