On ‘Jellywish’, Florist’s campfire jams stretch out like open arms, their liquid synths and fingerpicked acoustic guitars setting the stage for Emily Sprague’s existential musings.
If 2022’s self-titled was deeply rooted in grief following the death of Sprague’s mother, exploring the interplay between love and loss, ‘Jellywish’ is an album of juxtapositions, concerning itself with the existential uncertainty that follows loss, humanity’s impact on the environment, and the inevitability of death.
Duly, it is an album for overthinkers. Sprague, at times, assumes the mantle of an unreliable narrator, posing questions and leading you down walkways of thought before u-turning.
It’s perhaps framed best on the tenderly-delivered Our Hearts In A Room: “What is wrong with the life you’re on? / What makes you fall down and cry? / It’s a trap, a labyrinth map, a completely random series of events.”
Scrapping the interludes that let each song on their self-titled stand on its own like city landmarks, ‘Jellywish’ feels more like a sprawling suburb, its stream of consciousness forever unwinding. It’s bookended by the equally breezy folk of Levitate and Gloom Design, while Have Heaven’s rumbling percussion rolls on through synth-laden, plucked verses and into its lucid jam-band chorus.
All The Same Light, though, keeps the same basslines and guitars dotted throughout like motifs, calling to mind the way ‘Jellywish’ as a whole feels like the synthesis of Florist’s work to date: a greatest hits made entirely out of new tracks.
Florist Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Mon June 16 2025 - LONDON Union Chapel
Tue June 17 2025 - BRIGHTON Komedia
Wed June 18 2025 - CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
Thu June 19 2025 - YORK Crescent
Fri June 20 2025 - LIVERPOOL District
Sun June 22 2025 - BELFAST Empire Music Hall
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