Dain Griffin started life, well now!. Originally in the Phoenix band Merit, he has now risen just like the Phoenix itself from the depths of self destruction, as he himself says “I had to find other ways to deal with my mental health other than self-medicating”, so to that end Dead Flowers was born and becomes his first solo outing into the world of albums. ‘The Truth About The Thirties’ is as good an opener as you could get, it not only drives home right from the first notes, just how original and relevant he can be, but it also sets out the stall for how this album takes in life after the first initial blast of youth. A musical breath of fresh melodic air wafts over you as you listen, and lyrically its like a reading a good biography that doesn’t hold back. What this al...