The Nightblooms were a
Dutch alternative rock band.
History
The band formed in 1987 in
Deventer
Deventer (; Sallands: ) is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2020, Deventer had a population of 100,913. The city is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, bu ...
, Holland as a quartet of vocalist Esther Sprikkelman, guitarist Harry Otten, bassist Petra van Tongeren and drummer Leon Morselt.
[Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Nightblooms", in ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ] Morselt and Van Tongeren were previously members of Three Clouds in the Sky, who had issued a 1985 EP, ''A Long Forgotten Day''., while Otten had played in Alerta, whose album ''In the Land of a Thousand Pretty Dreams'' was issued in 1983 by Welfare Factory Records.
The Nightblooms' first release was the "Go Eliza" single, released in 1988 on Dingo Records. They then signed to Fierce Recordings, releasing the 1990 single "Crystal Eyes", and the ''Butterfly Girl''
EP, before releasing an eponymous debut album in 1992. They also recorded a session for
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey (DJ) and radio presenter. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly fr ...
's
BBC Radio 1 show in 1990, with Michael van der Woude added on guitar.
They moved on to
Fire Records, who reissued the band's debut album on their Paperhouse label; this was followed by ''24 Days at Catastrofe Café'' in September 1993.
The band split in 1996.
Sprikkelman and Otten started a new band, Safe Home, who issued two albums, ''You Can't Undo What's Already Undid'' (2002) and ''The Wide Wide World And All We Know '' (2005), as well as several singles.
Sprikkelman later recorded with Telefunk and
Willard Grant Conspiracy.
Discography
Studio albums
*''The Nightblooms'' (1992, Fierce Recordings; reissued Paperhouse/Seed)
*''24 Days at Catastrophe Café'' (1993,
Fire Records/Seed)
Live albums
*''Live'' (1992, Fierce Recordings)
Singles and EPs
*"Go Eliza" (1988, Dingo Records)
*"Crystal Eyes" (1990, Fierce Recordings)
*''Butterfly Girl'' EP (1992, Fierce Recordings)
*"Starcatcher" (1992, Fire Records)
*"Never Dream at All" (1993, Fire Records)
*"Hold On" (1994, Fire Records)
*"Love Is Gone" (1995, Fire Records)
References
External links
*
AllMusic: The Nightblooms* Wolk, Douglas
The Nightblooms, ''
Trouser Press''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nightblooms, The
Dutch shoegaze musical groups
Dutch indie rock groups