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Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin

...some of my cousins don't like my band's name...

About Me


If you're not on myspace, click here to send me an e-mail.
Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin is essentially
Morgan Caris. For a good many years now he has been writing
and recording songs, some of which have been released on lps
and compilations mostly in Spain and Japan, but *Hapless* is
the first solo album of his to see the light of dusk.

* Hapless * WR-02

Released in the Spring on Waterhouse Records in France, it
has been said to be a stark and arguably intense piece of work.
Reminiscent of early Leonard Cohen or late Nick Drake records,
for its soft melodies, quiet guitars and bare arrangements, it
also evokes Smog or the Silver Jews for its bone dry and
sometimes darkly sarcastic lyrics.


Also, listen to WNYC's Spinning On Air episode about the album
and check out the Last.fm page for more songs and downloads.
Then visit the Waterhouse Records page to hear more bands.
To buy Hapless online, click here (prices include shipping):

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/24/2005
Band Website: flowersfromthemanwhoshotyourcousin.com
Band Members: morgan (songs, vocals, instruments)
with occasional help from :
erwan (recording, bass, etc)
katalin (cello)
milo (drums, lapsteel)
catherine (viola)
paloma (beat up drums)
pauline (flute)
vanina (backing vocals)
olivier (lead guitar)
elise (cello & vocals)
Influences: smog,
nick drake,
will oldham,
richard buckner,
leonard cohen,
jim o'rourke,
the tindersticks,
joao gilberto,
matt ward,
cat power,
the silver jews,
lee hazlewood,
scott walker,
kyle field,
pavement,
damien jurado,
velvet underground,
east river pipe,
ennio morricone,
david pajo,
spain, idaho,
the pixies,
neil young,
mojave 3,
tortoise,
jason molina,
jonathan richman,
mark eitzel,
durutti column,
alexi murdoch,
troubletown,
antony & the johnsons,
josé gonzález,
kevin house,
kris kristofferson,
iron & wine,
christina antipa,
sufjan stevens,
jens lekman,
townes van zandt,
ben watt,
tom jobim,
julie doiron,
john cale,
sonic youth,
momus,
tim hardin,
henry mancini,
vic chesnutt,
lou barlow,
edith frost,
the sea and cake,
red house painters,
bob dylan,
barzin, nico,
belle & sebastian,
curtis mayfield,
talk talk,
saint etienne,
chris bell,
lisa germano,
yo la tengo,
brokeback,
dominique a,
morrissey,
burt bacharach,
herman dune,
the softies,
georges delerue,
trembling blue stars,
tracey thorn,
tom waits,
pet sounds,
stina nordenstam,
the go-betweens,
the zombies,
felt, low,
john cunningham,
sam cooke,
daniel johnston,
j mascis,
horace silver,
amelia fletcher,
chris knox,
young marble giants,
patti austin,
& various books
as well as movies ...

Sounds Like: those four songs in the top right hand corner
Record Label: Waterhouse Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Game Boys & Girls

Hear ye, hear ye. If you really like my songs but not so much the way I sing them and think they could use a little more "je ne sais quoi" then feast your ears on this: FatalExceptionID has magically ...
Posted by Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:18:00 PST

interview for Sonic-Reducer

Sebastian Jegorow of German online-magazine Sonic Reducer asked me if I would answer a few questions recently and I said yes.  Now the whole thing is online (in English and in pdf) in their lates...
Posted by Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:42:00 PST

transatlantic phone call

 Nearly two months ago I played some songs in my room, sitting on the floor in the middle of the night and singing into my phone. That wouldn't have warranted a blog entry if it hadn't all been f...
Posted by Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:10:00 PST

website online

well it's a little premature, some parts are missing, there're still a lot of bugs and it's generally unfinished but I've decided not to wait any longer so the FFTMWSYC band website is now online ! I'...
Posted by Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:31:00 PST

interview for 8 hands

8hands asked me some questions which I answered and lo and behold we are now faced with another interview. So for those of you who want to peer into the despairingly mundane chasm that is my brain, en...
Posted by Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:14:00 PST

what are friends for ?

To those thirty some people and bands whose profiles I negligently deleted from my friends list a little while back I'd like to say it wasn't my fault. They were showing up as "deleted" so what w...
Posted by Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:50:00 PST

new song to sleep by

Blog Up has just made available their second lullabies collection. It's called Have a Good Night Star and Moon (there's actually two volumes and over thirty lullabies). You can download them for free ...
Posted by Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:36:00 PST

interview in green

Check out this fascinating interview on Green Clothesand watch me make fun of the poor and downtrodden. body {background-color:86997A;}table, tr, td {background:transparent; border:0px !important;}tab...
Posted by Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:54:00 PST

open up, there's a present inside !!

Well it's Christmas soon (and my birthday too) so for the lot of you who are too cheap to buy "Hapless" (and too guilt-ridden to look for it on Soulseek or somewhere) but who just can't live without a...
Posted by Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:50:00 PST

Last September's tour (part 3)

(Linda sitting under the "C" at the Comet Tavern in Seattle)Sep 14th  -  Seattle  -  Comet Tavern. We got another few days in Seattle to rest and rehearse and (let's face it) laze ...
Posted by Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:44:00 PST