Flowers for Vases / Descansos (stylized as FLOWERS for VASES / descansos) is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams. 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The Good: Sonically, FLOWERS for VASES / descansos breaks new ground for her, a world away from her work in Paramore and a departure from her first solo album, 2020’s experimental, indie-pop Petals for Armor.It’s closer at times to Kacey Musgraves or the fleeting but beloved The Civil Wars than anything from her punk days, and it works. Williams recorded and wrote all of the songs performed on her album during last year’s … Released on February 5, 2021, the … FLOWERS for VASES is essentially Williams’ first true solo endeavor. It was time to put new life in these vessels and carry that forward, instead of carrying around these dead little skeletons of flowers. At first glance anyway, that’s what FLOWERS for VASES / descansos feels like; the release timing and title certainly make it seem like a companion of sorts to Petals For Armor (with Williams describing it as a prequel of sorts), but at the same time, the vibe of a lived-in quarantine album, written and recorded in Williams’ home, is distinctly its own thing. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from publications, the album received an average score of 79 based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[9]. I had written a long and poetic press release but man, after 16 years of being in the music business, 6 albums, and a lot of “strategies” for how to “roll-out” a project the right way… writing more words in an attempt to describe better words I’ve written for the album at hand just seemed so boring and silly. While that record brought to … [the writing “flowers for vases”] had this weight to it. Lindsey Byrnes* Hayley Williams has announced a new album, Flowers for Vases / Descansos, out Friday. In this context, it’s fair to look at FLOWERS For VASES / descansos as a series of afterbirths or the complete severing of phantom limbs attached to what was essentially the biggest emotional purge of trauma that Williams had personified in the release of Petals For Armor. 1 Background 2 Track Listing 3 Personnel 4 Streaming "This isn't really a follow-up to Petals for Armor. Even though she states that this album is a prequel to her 2020 album Petals for Armor (this concept is expressed well in her production), lyrically this album sounds like a response of her darker and more vulnerable side to the last album. Editors’ Notes While 2020's solo debut Petals for Armor 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. All songs were written by Hayley Williams and produced by Daniel James. Released 5 February 2021 on Atlantic (catalog no. It was released without prior announcement through Atlantic Records on February 5, 2021, nine months after its predecessor Petals for Armor (2020), and two months after the extended play Petals for Armor: Self-Serenades (2020). Flowers for Vases / Descansos (stylized as FLOWERS for VASES / descansos) is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams. ComSaf Ceramic Flower Vases Set in White, Home Decor Vases Rattan Style Unglazed, Pack of 3 By: Yashira Caraballo. FLOWERS for VASES / descansos Album Artwork: FLOWERS for VASES / descansos Tracklist: 01. Quarantine has been a time where many artists have used their spare time to create and release new music. n/a; Digital File). Like just about every other artist, instead of touring her 2020 record, Williams was forced to call off hitting the road due to the pandemic. On February 4th, Williams stated on Instagram that this album is a prequel, or a detour of Parts 1 and 2 of Petals. [4][8], Flowers for Vases / Descansos was met with positive reviews from music critics. Print. REVIEW: Hayley Williams cultivates quarantine intimacy on ‘Flowers for Vases’. Williams previously stated that she was working on her second album, describing it as her “folklore” era – a nod to Taylor Swift’s album of the same name, which was written, recorded, finished, and released during Lockdown 2020, just days after it was first announced. Hayley Williams thought she exorcised the memories of broken love on her debut solo effort, Petals for Armor, but it seems that the Paramore singer had more to uncover. – 2020 was really hard but I’m alive and so my job is to keep living and help others do the same. FLOWERS for VASES / descansos is the second solo album by singer-songwriter and Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams. FLOWERS for VASES / descansos continues what Petals For Armor started in showing just how much of Hayley Williams we still have to get to know as an artist. "Hayley Williams' Flowers For Vases/Descansos dreamily wades between grief and acceptance", "Hayley Williams' Flowers For Vases/Descansos Is Her Saddest, Quietest Music Yet", "Hayley Williams Lays It Bare on Intimate Sophomore Record FLOWERS for VASES / descansos: Review", "Hayley Williams Teases New Album 'Flowers for Vases / Descansos, "Ouça 'My Limb', a nova música de Hayley Williams! Asystole 04. Hayley Williams’s new album Flowers for Vases exhibits plenty of lyrical repetition – a reflection on how one can fluctuate between varying emotions after the loss of love. In an article published by American Songwriter on February 8, 2021, Hayley Williams said that she added “flowers for vases” on a shopping list one day, after discarding a bunch of wilted flowers she kept in her home for what seemed too long. On January 29, she started sending gifts to fans, including body parts of a doll with the note "Plant Me", and a special package including a Sanctuary candle and a CD with "My Limb", asking for fans to leak the song. Williams wrote and performed the entirety of FLOWERS for VASES / descansos and recorded it in her Nashville … With that said, Hayley Williams has codified what a top-to-bottom quarantine album can sound like with her latest LP, Flowers for Vases/descansos, released this past Friday via Atlantic. “Wait On” It’s easier to say you’re over someone than to actually live it. FLOWERS for VASES serves as a metaphorical descanso (a roadside memorial), collecting. article published by American Songwriter on February 8, 2021. Departing from the art pop sound of the singer's previous material, Flowers for Vases is an intimate folkalbum with … Released on February 5, 2021, the album comes just ten months after the release of her critically-acclaimed debut album Petals for Armor. It was released without prior announcement through Atlantic Records on February 5, 2021, nine months after its predecessor Petals for Armor (2020), and two months after the extended play Petals for Armor: Self-Serenades (2020). FLOWERS for VASES / descansos is the second solo album by singer-songwriter and Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams. Genres: Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk. My Limb 03. … It’s raw, bittersweet, and … Hayley Williams, lead singer of popular rock band ‘Paramore’, announced the release of her second solo album Flowers for Vases/ descansos to fans on February 3rd and released on February 5th. Flowers for Vases / descansos is an understated tale about the somber acceptance of maturing and moving on. Flowers for Vases / descansos is a whole new sense of vulnerability and tenderness that wasn’t in Petals For Armor. all of love delusion’s […], hurtful moments and ways I may have failed myself […] to continue to grow, live better and love people and myself better. So I deleted what I had and this is all I’ll leave you with: – I wrote and performed this album in it’s entirety. After the announcement of the album on February 4, Hayley posted an textual Instagram story sharing her feelings on the album’s release: This isn’t really a follow-up to Petals for Armor. Hayley Williams released her second studio album Flowers for Vases/Descansos on February 5th, following last year’s release Petals for Armor. - I recorded it at my home in Nashville, the home at which I’ve resided since Paramore released After Laughter. [7], On February 4, Williams announced Flowers for Vases / Descansos via social media a day before its release, including the album's credits, also explaining that the album serves as a prequel or "detour" from her first studio album Petals for Armor. Flowers for Vases appears to be a connection to Hayley's 2020 solo album Petals for Armor, perhaps suggesting that it's a sequel, and "descansos" is a Spanish word which literally means: "crosses placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death". The second title, descansos, is a nod to the book Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, a major source of inspiration for Williams' earlier album Petals for Armor. It is Williams shedding the darkest parts of herself and the burdens that come from reducing yourself in order to carry the secrets of others. [5][6] Williams also revealed that the album is her own equivalent of Taylor Swift's Folklore (2020). SCHWARZ-PFERD Flower Vase Handmade Clear Glass Cylinder Posy, 20 cm/ 7.87 inch Tall First Thing To Go 02. If you don’t, better luck next time. "Flowers for Vases / Descansos" (stylized as FLOWERS for VASES / descansos) is the second studio album by Paramore lead-singer Hayley Williams and prequel to Petals for Armor, released on February 05, 2021. FLOWERS for VASES / descansos is Williams succumbing to the near-death experience that is decades of suppressed trauma coming to a head. – Yes, Paramore is still a band. In all honesty, as much as a solo album from the Paramore frontwoman was a shock, we shouldn’t be surprised that the story was to … Hope you enjoy FLOWERS for VASES / descansos. It hasn’t even been a year since her debut album and Hayley Williams decided to unexpectedly drop a new album on us. That’s a career first for me. On Feb. 2, she sent flowers and vinyl of another unreleased song to Twitter user @ode2trees. Now, it looks like Williams may have confirmed a Flowers For Vases album is actually happening. [4] Departing from the art pop sound of the singer's previous material, Flowers for Vases is an intimate folk album with sparse guitars, piano chords and spare drums. Perhaps partly as a result of how it was created, ‘Flowers for Vases / descansos’ is less spiny and biting than her debut solo album. After the release of Petals for Armor: Self-Serenades in December 2020, which includes a demo for "Find Me Here", Williams's website started redirecting to the Flowers for Vases webpage playing 15-second demo tracks of the project songs on January 22, 2021. However, she distances herself from Paramore’s notable rock style in her solo work. Whatever it is, it has two names: ‘Flowers for Vases’ and ‘descansos’. Flowers for Vases / Descansos, an Album by Hayley Williams. She has the range! “Wait On,” slapped right in the … If anything, it’s a prequel, or some sort of detour between parts 1 and 2 of Petals. 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