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     Note: Vodka is on vacation and will return to regular posting on January 18th, 2023. Have a great holiday season! Flagship Romance is one of Vodka’s favorite duos, but I generally don’t post covers (sometimes I do). Here’s the duo covering Tom Petty’s Angel Dream from a few months back. Check out Vodka’s other posts for Flagship Romance, and head up to their website for more information.     

     Vodka doesn’t often review covers. It’s a decision I made early on. I’m generally looking for original music from artists. To break through and be given the once-over, a cover must be made to be the artist’s very own. Enter You’re My Best Friend (seen/heard here), covered by one of Vodka’s favorite duos, Flagship Romance, and originally released by Queen on their hugely successful fourth studio LP, Night At The Opera back in 1975. Flagship Romance manages to…

     To regular Vodka readers, it may seem that Flagship Romance posts are pretty frequent in the vast scheme of things, and that would be a fair assessment. I began reviewing and purchasing their music with their very first EP, The Fudge Sessions, and have continued to cover subsequent releases over the years. They’ve been a favorite duo, I won’t deny that. Their latest long-player, Concentric, is the most ambitious set of songs from the duo to date, notching up the intensity and building on their long-standing habit of writing…

     Taking on social issues in a quiet and thoughtful way isn’t new for one of Vodka’s favorite duos, Flagship Romance. They have covered many difficult questions in ways that are not in your face but gently reinforced. It’s a skill not many performers can pull out of their portfolios. Enter, Julie Wants To Go To War, a story of gender identity, desires, hopes, dreams, and tragedy, which sadly paints a not too flattering picture of our country’s battle to properly acknowledge and accept those…

     The wonderful Flagship Romance duo released Lemonade from their Tales From The Self-Help Section long-player over a year ago now (August 2017). We didn’t post it back then, although we posted a couple of other tracks, Friends and Scare Yourself, and got a chance to see the duo perform live at a house concert here in Nebraska.  That said, we have been covering Flagship Romance since the beginning, so it should come as no surprise that we continue to support their work.  So why a video for a song from…