Florist‘s new album Jellywish arrives in April, and they’ve give us another early taste of it with “Gloom Designs.” It’s a lovely pastoral folk song and the closing track on the album, and bandleader Emily Sprague calls it “A mile marker in the sand. Thesis statement for Jellywish. Macro reckoning with living. At first looking inward at my own life story, then reflecting on what it means to be continuously sifting through the everyday towards death, the magic and horror, being tired, earthly desire, destruction, fear, hopelessness, appreciation, empathy, illusion, mundane, wish. Witnessing human evil. The whole history of us, the question mark for what comes next. Love for our planet Earth and the goodness that so many people still exert for it and for each other. Thinking. Finality but not finished.”
Florist have also announced a spring North American tour, beginning on May 5 in Philadelphia and running through the month, including stops in Washington DC, Nashville, Atlanta, Dallas, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Chicago, Montreal, Boston, and more. See all dates below.
The NYC show wraps up the tour, on May 31 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets to that and all dates go on sale Friday, February 14 at 10 AM local, with various presales starting Wednesday, February 12 at 10 AM local.
FLORIST: 2025 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