Defiantly, floaty, ethereal and indie, If Blue Could be Happiness is the new record just out from Florist. Accompanied by an abstract album cover which is as good a way of describing their music as any, three colour splodges, the largest of which is blue. It's unapolagetically escapist music, 'If you're terrified of living, like me, I hope you'll be fine. Because we're terrified together in this terrifying time,' sings frontwoman Emily Sprague in opening song Blue Mountain Road. Dread and terror are overt and implicit themes of a lot of new music this year. Incredible invents on the global stage have enforced this scenario and heading towards great, enlightening and comforting music is often the most pleasurable and useful response available to us. If Blue Could be Happiness is one of the more enticing go-to options I've come across recently.
Florist seek their own personal peace within. Listen to one song and in many ways you've heard them all because they never venture far from a minimalist template. But I still recommend you experience the whole record. It's a little book of calm, quite beautiful in its simplicity, like a walk in the woods with somebody you love. For this is a record about appreciating the beauty of nature if it's about anything. The wonder of all that's around us, has been given to us as the greatest gift of all, respite from the rank stupidity and destructive urges of so much of humanity around us. Florist hit the spot and restore normality better than any prescribed tablet ever can.
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