Lu Flur is Jude HarpStar (electro acoustic harp + backing vocals) and Zahné (lead vocalist + acoustic guitar), and they are from Johannesburg, South Africa. They came together as a band on a rooftop in Melville, Johannesburg in the spring of 2012, and Floriology, released this past September, is their debut EP.
Their goals include making beautiful and distinctive music and changing the way people think about the harp in contemporary music. I can only speak for myself, but: mission accomplished, ladies.
There are five songs on the EP. They are all lovely; the two below are my favorites.
Future Tides is the first song on the EP, and it sets the tone. Zahné’s magnificent voice is front and center, reverberating through the delicate, shimmering castle of sound built by HarpStar.
Transluscent is the third song; it starts with an angry fuzzy riff that is the harp, not a guitar, which halfway through shifts and becomes like a soothing rain, and then at the end the angry fuzzy harp resurfaces, to duet with the soothing rain. It is marvelous.
Hi Jennifer!
Thank you for the awesome review! Much appreciated! Just letting you know that the “angry fuzzy guitar riff” is actually the harp. I create that sound with my pedals “riding” the strings.
Kind regards,
Jude Harpstar
Hi Jude,
Ah-HAH. I thought it sounded like a harp, at first, and then after a few more listens I convinced myself it was a guitar. I’ll amend the post. Thank you!!