Flowers For Vases / Descansos

Sound DNA

• Electronic
• Ambient & Downtempo

• sparse
• wistful
• confessional

About

While 2020's solo debut <i>Petals for Armor</i> indulged in R&B, funk, and pop, the Paramore singer's latest collection deconstructs her loneliest and darkest feelings with a heavy dose of acoustic compositions, melancholy piano melodies, and well-placed electric guitar flourishes. Williams wrote and performed the entirety of <i>FLOWERS for VASES / descansos</i> and recorded it in her Nashville home, and it serves as an ode to the suffering that precluded <i>Petals for Armor</i>'s arc of self-discovery. Williams' voice once again takes center stage, intertwined within the record's pensive compositions, varying from barely a whisper ("First Thing to Go") to a simmering rage ("Trigger"). "My Limb" dabbles in the macabre ("If you gotta amputate/Don't give me the tourniquet"), the delicate "Asystole" compares a past relationship to the most fatal form of cardiac arrest, and the folk-tinged "Good Grief" focuses on how love slowly dissolves. This 14-track postmortem adds another chapter of honest reflection to Williams' ever-growing repertoire, laying her past demons to rest.

via Apple Music

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