Florist – Have Heaven (2025)
Formed over a decade ago in 2013, the US-based quartet Florist is an innovative joining of four friends in moving melodies. Drawing together their natural talent, Emily Sprague, Jonnie Baker, Rick Spataro, and Felix Walworth saunter through the realm of folk music, but with barebones minimalism enhancing an ethereal, cinematic, almost whimsical soundscape. This is our introduction to Florist, but the group is already turning heads far beyond their American borders. Join us as we jump headfirst into their single, ‘Have Heaven’.
The lead single from Florist’s upcoming full-length album, Jellywish, ‘Have Heaven’ is a swift brush of folk with synths, a light drum, and shimmering guitars bound in a kaleidoscopic sonic bubble. Interestingly, as much as the song is wistful and brims with youthful innocence, the production is elegant and sophisticated adding structure to the song’s languid ethereal nature. So, it’s like seeing a bubble of hazy glows but all still kept in its round shape.
For me, the instruments wrap me in a comfortable embrace; however, Sprague’s unique vocals twinkle as the friendly hand guiding you through musical confusion. Melodically, it is soothing, sensational, and a sigh of relief, but lyrically there is more depth to ‘Have Heaven’. Sprague explains:
“We enter an observational fever dream about floating through liminal space between lifetimes, individual perceptions. There is a reflection on our connectedness in joy and suffering through the wish for a peaceful place for our spirits to live and land…”
In addition to their single, Florist released an official music video for ‘Have Heaven’. You can view the video below and/or on Double Double Whammy’s YouTube channel. Please note that this video uses lighting effects that can trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.
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