Hello, Blue Roses is a Canadian musical collaboration involving Sydney Hermant, a visual artist from Vancouver, and her husband Dan Bejar (of Destroyer and The New Pornographers).

History

Hello, Blue Roses was created by Hermant and Bejar in 2008. Their name is a reference to a line from Tennessee William's The Glass Menagerie. They released their debut album, The Portrait Is Finished and I Have Failed to Capture Your Beauty..., in 2008 through by Locust Music. In February, 2015 the pair released a second album, WZO, through JAZ Records. Most of the songs were written by Hermant. It was distributed as both a digital download and limited-edition vinyl LP.

Discography

"The Portrait Is Finished and I Have Failed to Capture Your Beauty..." Track listing

• # "Hello Blue Roses" - 2:35 • # "Scarecrow" - 2:21 • # "Paquita Reads by Candlelight" - 1:05 • # "Shadow Falls" - 3:10 • # "Heron Song" - 3:03 • # "St. Angela" - 4:43 • # "Coming Through Imposture" - 2:31 • # "Golden Fruit" - 2:45 • # "Come Darkness" - 2:32 • # "Sunny Skies" - 3:05 • # "Mediterranean Snow" - 2:34 • # "Skeleton Aim" - 2:11 • # "Sickly Star" - 2:32 • # "Hymn" - 4:28

"WZO" Track listing

• # "Amulet" - 2:56 • # 'Telepathy' - 01:47 • # 'Errant Sophia' - 02:53 • # 'Brutalist Brick' - 04:01 • # 'Wild Reed (A Crone's Advice to Her Daughter, Wild Reed)' - 03:46 • # 'Crashing' - 02:24 • # 'Wading Pools' - 01:59 • # 'Ghosts' - 03:23 • # 'Alizarian Cream' - 02:06 • # 'Speak To Me' - 03:18