FLORIST New Album, ‘Jellywish,’ Out Today Along With Tour Date Announcement
Florist, the New York minimalist folk quartet comprised of Emily Sprague, Felix Walworth, Rick Spataro and Jonnie Baker, release their anticipated new album, Jellywish, today via Double Double Whammy. On Jellywish Florist invite listeners to question everything — to imagine a world where magic, surrealism, and the supernatural are our companions in day-to-day life. It dares to present a realm of possibility and imagination in a time that feels evermore prescriptive, limiting, and awful. The album finds Florist exploring life’s big questions without offering silver linings, morals, or definitive answers. Instead, the band asks perhaps the most difficult of questions: Is it possible to break free from our ingrained thought cycles and pedestrian way of life? That, Florist posits, may be the only way to be truly happy, fulfilled, and free. Of the album, singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter Emily Sprague says, “Jellywish believes in the incredible magic within us and around us here in this reality, and the potential for a beautiful and symbiotic Earth if we do not turn away from what is evil but instead challenge it and stand up for what is not. It is meant to be a gentle but firm nudge to think about, and deconstruct the parts of our world which do not serve us all equitably; systems of power and control which can harm, destroy, box us in to ridiculous constructs, and take away anyone or anything’s right to a free and happy life. From the self to the collective consciousness, Jellywish asks us to look inside, outside, every which side, to remember love and empathy, caregiving, and the vigilant rejection of systemic harm towards our planet and the beings inhabiting it.” Sprague says that the record is purposely complicated. “It’s a gentle delivery of something that is really chaotic, confusing, and multifaceted,” she explains. “It has this technicolor that’s inspired by our world and also fantasy elements that we can use to escape our world.” With Jellywish, Florist offers a complex album in a time that is anything but simple. In mining the chaos and wonder of physical and spiritual worlds, the band holds a mirror to itself to the great benefit of all. It tells us that we are not alone, and challenges us to believe in magic. Florist is going on a full US tour next month in support of Jellywish before heading to Europe in June, and a play at End of the Road Festival in August. Tickets are available now via florist.life. |
US Tour Dates:
5/05 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
5/06 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
5/07 – Raleigh, NC @ Kings
5/08 – Asheville, NC @ AyurPrana Listening Room
5/09 – Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room at Third Man Records
5/10 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
5/12 – Dallas, TX @ Sons of Hermann Hall
5/13 – Austin, TX @ Antone’s
5/15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
5/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
5/17 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
5/19 – Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s
5/20 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
5/21 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Basement
5/23 – Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf
5/24 – Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
5/25 – Chicago, IL @ Old Town School of Folk Music
5/26 – Indianapolis, IN @ Turntable
5/27 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Eccentric Cafe
5/28 – Toronto, ON @ Longboat Hall
5/29 – Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
5/30 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
5/31 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
EU Tour Dates:
6/07 – Humble, DK @ Beats
6/08 – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
6/10 – Aarhus, DK @ Voxhall
6/11 – Oslo, NO @ Blå
6/12 – Stavanger, NO @ Folken
6/13 – Bergen, NO @ Landmark
6/15 – Amsterdam, NL @ Olt Vondelpark
6/16 – London, UK @ Union Chapel
6/17 – Brighton, UK @ Komedia
6/18 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
6/19 – York, UK @ Crescent
6/20 – Liverpool, UK @ District
6/21 – Dublin, IE @ Whelans
6/22 – Belfast, NI @ Empire Music Hall
6/25 – Galway, IE @ Róisín Dubh
6/26 – Kilkenny, IE @ Cleere’s
6/27 – Tralee, IE – Nonfaction
6/28 – Cork, IE – Live At St. Luke’s
6/29 – Ballydehob, IE – Levi’s Corner House
8/29 – Dorset, UK – End of the Road Festival
