Floral Tattoo

You Can Never Have a Long Enough Head Start

although i preferred the lo-fi, more punk-inspired sound the band explored on approaching bearable, there's no doubt that you can never have a long enough head start is more lush, more atmospheric, and a great new direction for floral tattoo, especially considering songs like "she" and "(my life fell apart this year)"

This is a bit of a hard listen. I quite like the vocals and the compositions but the mixing is just really off-putting. I understand why the mix has a lo-fi tinge to it but it doesn't exactly work all the time. The more acoustic cuts on are my favs. They have a Neutral Milk Hotel aura to them.

Best Track: Oar House
Worst Track: (Redding Forest Fire / Fermi)

Album of the Week: 1-6-20

Probably the first thing this year worth checking out. Some great moments and it'll be interesting to see how they evolve from here.

Yeah, I definitely mess with this. There have been so many varied and interesting rock projects that have come out in the first five days of the decade, that I hope this is a sign for the future! In regards to this specific project, there's a whole lot of vulnerability on display, almost to the point where it's just a beating heart out there for the listener to feel and press their ear against. I think that Danny, Be Well might be my favorite track of the year and one of the better ex farewells ... read more