Floraline released a self-titled album in 1999 on the Minty Fresh label (MF-31). Other than that they appeared on a few compilations. Then it seems they disappeared.

The album is really nice. Has this particular sound of the late 90s, upbeat with electronic arrangements and female vocals that was a bit of a trend during that time. I’m thinking of Super, Syrup USA, Cinnnamon… or of course Komeda and The Cardigans.]

The band was formed by Linda Sharp on vocals, Darren Tablan on keyboards, Jason Winter-Jarnagin on guitar, Jesse Atchison on drums and Abe Burgess on bass. They were based in Atlanta.

As mentioned their album came out in 1999 and had the songs “Just the Way”, “Harmony”, “Morningside”, “Concourse”, “Eighty One”, “I Should Say”, “I Forgot”, “Picture Show”, “Fade” and “Wedding Day”. There are programming credits for the first two songs and the last one for Scott Herren.

The album was recorded and mixed at Kingsize Soundlabs in Chicago though “Just Say”, “Harmony”, “Eighty One” and “Wedding Day” were originally recorded at Microgroove Studios in Decatur, Georgia. The album was produced by Dave Trumfio with Kenny Sluiter as the engineer.

Other album credits include Dave Max Crawford on trumpet and flugelhorn and Paul Mertens on flute and saxophone. Gretchen Dietelhoff is credited for the photography.

Floraline appeared on three compilations. The first one is “You are Here #6”. This CD caame with the magazine of the same name. The song Floraline contributed was “Harmony”.

In 1999 they were on “1999 Summer Rock Campaign”, a Japanese promo sampler released by Rock Records (RCP-5008). On that compilation they appear alongside Cinerama, Broder Daniel, The Aluminum Group, Mojave 3 and more. The songs they contributed were “Just the Way” and “Wedding Day”.

“Get Yer La-La’s Out 2000 Vinyl” was a vinyl compilation released by Minty Fresh Japan (MFJ-2000). On this one they have the song “Wedding Day”. Here they are with top bands too like Papas Fritas, The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, Komeda or Photo Jenny.

I can’t find any more details or info about the band or the band members. I was able to find many reviews for the album, all giving it lots of positive remarks. But nothing extra to say. Why did they only released one record? Did they record any more songs? What did they do afterwards?

There are many questions. Makes you wonder why so obscure!

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Floraline – Just the Way