Led by the pairing of Veronica Charnley, an intuitive melodist and guitarist, and Geof Holbrook, an Ivy-League-schooled contemporary classical composer, Flotilla makes for an unusual, genre-defying indie-rock outfit. The music has been compared to Kate Bush, Bell Orchestre, Portishead, and Joanna Newsom. Charnley’s songs have been praised for their melodic inventiveness and vivid imagery – the “half-stories” of the lyrics provoke and invite the listener to imagine their own scenarios. Geof Holbrook (who was a finalist in the CBC Evolution Competition) provides arrangements for harp, autoharp, horns, kalimba, organ, piano and electronics that have been hailed as complex and adventurous.
Flotilla
