Join us for an interview with one of Yorkshire’s finest musical artists, Chloe Munt a.k.a Pick The Flowers. Just a few weeks ago Pick The Flowers won the Fulford Arms Battle of the Bands. Take a listen to hear all about where Pick The Flowers goes next. Click here to take a listen.
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Hot on the heels of winning the Fulford Arms Battle of the Bands a few weeks ago Pick The Flowers have released a new single, “Peace”. It is haunting and ethereal with a dark vocal from Chloe that seeps deep into your soul. The track feels cinematic in scope and ambition. The production has a cut glass clarity and with added orchestration this is the kind of song that would make a classy James Bond theme. I thought Chloe might have peaked with her last single, “Wednesday”, but with “Peace” she proves that she is willing and able to go even higher! Get Pick The Flowers on your playlists now, you will not be disappointed. Also keep a look out for an interview with Pick The Flowers on these very pages very soon.
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I repeat my humblest of apologies to the creators of the iconic NOW music compilation series of tri-annual releases. Their compilations began in 1983. I posted and compiled the first WOW That’s What I Call Mayhem collection back in March 2024. Volumes 2, 3 and 4 followed in August and September. Volume 5 was was issued in January this year with Volume 6 appearing very soon after in February! So after a few months wait you must be ready for volume 7, right? I certainly hope so, because here it is! This includes the third 20 singles we reviewed in 2025 in another wonderfully maniacal eclectic playlist for your listening pleasure! With 76 minutes of music, click the Spotify link below and lose yourself in the music!
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Here is the Mayhem chart for March 2025. Regular readers know the chart is based on my streaming listening habits. These are gathered over the last month by obscurify.com. My taste in music remains 99% more obscure than the rest of the UK! The chart remains contemporary-ish (but if a classic artist releases something new they might feature in the chart). However, last month’s top three “Legacy” artists were David Bowie, Elvis Costello and Jackson Browne. Obscurify also suggests the most obscure artists I have listened to for March and they are Liz Davinci, Abraskadabra and Kindelan.
Winnetka Bowling League are the top artist for March and their single “This Is Life” hits number 4 in the song chart . Only one artist in the artist chart remains from last month and that is Antony Szmierek. Two of my all time favourite artists are in the artist chart Frank Turner at number two and Millie Manders and the Shutup at number three. The incredible Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii hit the top of the song chart with the stunning track “Speak Medieval”. So without further ado here are those charts in full! Click on the Spotify link below to listen to the famous (or infamous) five! Nearly eighteen minutes of great music!
Mayhem Artist Chart March 2025
1 Winnetka Bowling League 2 Frank Turner 3 Millie Manders and the Shutup 4 Abraskadabra 5 Manic Street Preachers 6 Wardruna 7 Lady Gaga 8 Jo Quail 9 SEX-O-RAMA 10 Antony Szmierek
Mayhem Song Chart March 2025
1 Speak Medieval – Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii 2 Wednesday – Pick The Flowers 3 Hand In Hand – Drop Dead McPhee 4 This Is Life – Winnetka Bowling League 5 Clickbait Reissued – Sally Pepper
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Chloe Munt a.k.a. Pick The Flowers has just released another single, “Wednesday”. This is around a year since her last release and oh boy has it been worth the wait. This dark, haunting, mesmeric, chilled, trance-like, cinematic anthem is her best yet. The soft electro sounds wash over you and just when you think you are drowning the beat kicks in and Chloe’s gorgeous emotional vocal drags you back to the surface. This track has huge depth and ambition and it scores a perfect ten on every count. “Wednesday” would make a great addition to the soundtrack of a 21st century British folk horror film soundtrack. One of my favourite tunes of the year so far!
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With apologies to the creators of the iconic NOW series of compilations that began in 1983, I felt it was time to do something similar with Mayhem! This includes the first 20 singles we reviewed in 2024 in a delightfully eclectic playlist for your listening pleasure! More than 70 minutes of music, click here and lose yourself in the music!
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Chloe Munt oozes talent and following some absolutely stunning tracks in recent years when fronting My Wonderful Daze and Please Remain Calm she is back as her solo alter ego Pick The Flowers. Her new single, “Jigsaw”, is haunting and emotional. Chloe’s musical versatility has no bounds and this new song shows her skill as an electronic artist. She certainly doesn’t allow herself to be genre-boxed, this tune is very, very different from her previous bands’ much heavier output. I would love to hear a dance remix of “Jigsaw”. I think it would work really well. Check out this gorgeous tune now! It is available on all streaming platforms.
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Please Remain Calm, a new Leeds based five piece rock band announce their arrival with a debut single that could knock the Incredible Hulk into next week and smash Thor’s hammer into a million pieces! I cannot see anyone remaining even moderately calm when gigs return and Please Remain Calm hit the stage. This is a huge metal anthem in waiting, riffs forged in the obsidian bowels of Mordor and a rhythm section that could not get heavier if they tried. There is an orchestral feel to the melodies, especially in the chorus. Flowers (a.k.a. Chloe) gets better every time I hear her, either solo or as the front woman of incredible York band My Wonderful Daze. On this track she channels her inner Amy Lee and frankly is as good, if not better than some of Amy’s finest Evanescence moments. On the strength of this single Please Remain Calm have the ability to be huge and I hope they are!
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Chloe Munt the electrifying lead singer and spectacular front woman of one of York’s finest bands, My Wonderful Daze has a new solo single out as Pick The Flowers. It is called “Belladonna” and just like her band it pretty much defies genre boxes. It has an electronic dance vibe with a kind of chilled lofi attitude. Belladonna is the name for one of the most poisonous plants on the planet, Deadly Nightshade and it is also Italian for beautiful lady. A single leaf off the plant is enough to kill a healthy adult due to the high concentrations of alkaloid toxins which cause havoc in the nervous system. The word itself is a a total contrast and it is this that Pick The Flower’s lyrics for “Belladonna” deal with. Particularly, I believe, the contradictions that exist in a relationship considering both the beauty and the toxicity that can exist in any relationship or tryst between two people. There is dark passion, frailty and venom in the lyrics. “Belladonna” is an absorbing tune the roots of which slide unnoticed into your temporal lobe and make a home there. So from the name of a killer plant comes a killer single. This song is the vanguard of something very special from Pick The Flowers, bring on the album!
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