Flowerpot Records

LOVE:THIRTEEN, the solo album by Dean Marino, Out Today!

It’s Friday the 13th! LOVE:THIRTEEN is officially available for download. CDs and limited edition C40 Cassettes are also available from our good friends at Flowerpot Records! Here is Dean’s official statement (made yesterday):

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th. It marks an important occasion for me because my full-length solo album, LOVE:THIRTEEN will be properly available for download ($5) from Bandcamp and streaming on Spotify (and other platforms, but decidedly not Amazon). CDs ($10) and limited edition red-tinted C40 (normal bias) Cassettes ($7) are also available for order.
Get it here: https://flowerpotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/love-thirteen
I would like to thank Wes Meadows at Flowerpot Records for their support as well as everyone who attended my live stream last week or checked out the first single, Three of Swords. Your presence and words mean a lot to me!
LOVE:THIRTEEN did not come cheaply. As many of you know, making music is hardly ever a profitable endeavour and almost always (with very few exceptions) a personal calling or labour of love that, although necessary to the artist’s well-being, even survival, nevertheless can take a toll (and I am not speaking strictly in monetary terms either). More than ever, I believe it’s important to support artists, especially artists who are local and independent. I could go on about just how difficult it is being an independent recording artist under these particular circumstances, but that is not my way… Rather, I ask you to consider that every Download/CD/Cassette purchased from an indie artist (or through a small, truly-indie label, such as Flowerpot Records) is literally adding vital blood to the lifeline of said artists – financially and emotionally/spiritually.
If you take pleasure, comfort, solace, pride or commiseration in an artist’s output, if an artist’s output turns your ear, introduces you to a new way of hearing, makes you think, or otherwise affects you in a meaningful way, then you should really support them in a meaningful way (i.e. in the way they are asking for support). Nuff said…
If you were a follower of my previous work with Papermaps, I think you will find this album, LOVE:THIRTEEN, to be a bit of departure (and yet feel familiar at the same time). I don’t think I’ve ever made the same sort of record twice (but that’s really for you to decide). Hope you like it. Hope it moves you.
Thanks everyone
Dean Marino

Dean to Release His First Full-Length Solo Album

*BREAKING*

The good people at Flowerpot Records are slated to release Dean Marino’s first-ever full-length solo record, entitled LOVE:THIRTEEN (due out November 13, 2020)!!!

LOVE:THIRTEEN will be the first full-length album under Dean’s proper name. The album was recorded at Dean’s private studio space, The Echo Box where he not only wrote and produced all 10 tracks, but played all the instruments himself!

LOVE:THIRTEEN will be available in both CD and Cassette formats as well as on Bandcamp, and all all streaming services.

Important Dates:

  • October 30, 2020 – First Single “Three of Swords,” will be available for download through Flowerpot Records
  • November 6, 2020 Digital Pre-Orders available through Bandcamp!
  • November 13, 2020 Official Release Day – Physical Orders!
  • Stay tuned for more dates / milestones regarding this record!

Earlier in 2020, Dean had released a solo EP, You Only Love Me When I’m Dreaming, which was co-produced with David Stein at his Guelph Ontario-based Copper Sound Studios.