Hello Beautiful

by The Peacock Flounders

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    New Haven, Connecticut based band The Peacock Flounders was formed by long time musical collaborators Ron Sutfin and Kerry Miller in 2003. Together with guitarist Jeff Wiederschall and Bassist Sal Paradise the band is an outlet for Ron and Kerry's original songs. They bring their experience from previous New Haven bands Valley of Kings, Miracle Legion, Cameraface, Mad Haleen, The Swaggerts and Fn Colleen to meld a powerful rock sound with a pop sensibility. Guitarist Jeff Wiederschall played in the critically aclaimed New Haven band Miracle Legion. Bassist Sal Paradise played with Christine Ohlman (the behive chick from the Saturday night live band with G. E. Smith) and was the touring bassist with The Five Satins in the early 80's. The Peacock Flounders first Connecticut shows have brought rave reviews from audiences, with comparisons to The Hoodoo Gurus and Big Star. Their influences include The Replacements, Psychedelic Furs, Alex Chilton, Foo Fighters, Sex Pistols, Gun Club, Iggy Pop, The Damned, and Guided by Voices.

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Hello Beautiful 04:27
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2.
I Forget 03:06
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3.
Apple Trees 04:21
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4.
Lemon & a Lime 03:41
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Rage 03:58
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Ride 05:04
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In the Inside 05:10
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Oh So Easy 03:32
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Still Be Mine 03:35
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Sonic Believer 03:35
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Posted on Fri, Jun 13, 2008
Quality efforts from locals and nationals alike
By Patrick Ferrucci, New Haven Register Entertainment Editor
The Peacock Flounders — “Hello Beautiful” (Thin Man Music): Riding a lead-guitar riff very similar to Social Distortion’s “I Was Wrong,” The Peacock Flounders’ “Apple Trees” is an urgent rock song, one that highlights the 10-tune effort that is “Hello Beautiful,” a stellar record from the New Haven quartet.

Featuring Kerry Miller, Ron Sutfin, Peter Krol and Sal Paradise, The Peacock Flounders brings a ton of experience to this record, years and years of working in such seminal local bands as Miracle Legion, Valley of Kings, The Swaggerts and more. The music is closer to Big Star than any of those other groups though, with Miller’s tunes providing a more melodic counterpoint to Sutfin’s amped-up, punk-inspired songs. The disc leads off with the title track, a dense, guitar-driven, rootsy song featuring Miller’s plaintive vocals.

Rarely do the guys move outside of its powerful two-guitar, bass and drums backbone, but “Lemon and a Lime” adds a little synth into the mix. And by keeping this simple, there are very few missteps on “Hello Beautiful.” The jangley, old R.E.M.-like “In the Inside” will have you singing along by its conclusion, while “Oh So Easy” sucks listeners in with an off-kilter lead guitar line and the oddly placed lap-steel. It’s a mess of tune, but it works beautifully, from the multiple guitar tracks to the out-of-nowhere harmony vocals.

If they added some bright keyboards, “Still be Mine” could be a Cars song. It’s got a catchy chorus and a totally killer lead-guitar part.
There’s nothing overly new and unique on “Hello Beautiful,” but it’s a blue-collar album featuring very good songwriting from scene veterans Miller and Sutfin. Paradise, now the frontman for Rope, doesn’t actually appear on the disc, but figures to be on hand for all future live shows. His presence should just add to what is already a persistent and quality live band. And the Flounders do a great job translating that live energy to record, never once sounding like a band that feels like tinkering with its sound. Simply put, “Hello Beautiful” is exactly what you’d expect from the quartet if you’ve ever seen them live, and that’s a big compliment.

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released June 12, 2008

Produced and engineered by Ron Sutfin at Wildwood Ranch Recording Studio in Durham CT. The Peacock Flounders are: Ron Sutfin, Kerry Miller, Jeff Wiederschall, and Sal Paradise.

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Ron Sutfin New Haven, Connecticut

Ron has a BA in Music & Sound Recording from UNH and is Chief Engineer at his Wildwood Ranch Recording Studio. He also works at Yale University Preservation & Conservation digitizing rare collections of audio video and film for the Yale Gilmore Music Library, Yale Historic Sound Recording Collection, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Fortunoff Holocaust Testimonial, and Yale's Film Archive ... more

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