Emily Alone
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| Released | 26 July 2019 | |||
| Recorded | Winter 2018 | |||
| Length | 39:42 | |||
| Label | Double Double Whammy | |||
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Emily Alone is the third record by folk band Florist, released through Double Double Whammy on 26 July 2019. Although Florist is a collaborative project, the record was written and recorded solely by Florist member Emily A. Sprague, who also has ambient solo music released under her own name.[1]
Background
[edit | edit source]Sprague grew up in New York, and Florist were originally based in Brooklyn, where they released their first two albums in 2016 and 2017 on Double Double Whammy.[2][3] In 2017 Sprague moved across the country to Los Angeles, in response to what she described as a need "to go somewhere drastically different to discover new parts of myself."[4] In California she started recording ambient music, and releasing it as a solo artist.[5]
Sprague recorded Emily Alone at her home in LA in the winter of 2018.[2][4] She told Stereogum that she was "incredibly depressed for the first six months to a year that I lived [in LA]. Writing the album was the thing that finally was the culmination of all those feelings, the thing that finally released it all."[4]
Critical reception
[edit | edit source]| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10[6] |
| Metacritic | 87/100[7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| No Ripcord | 7/10[9] |
| Paste | 9.2/10[10] |
| Pitchfork | 8.4/10[1] |
Emily Alone was released to critical acclaim. On Metacritic, it holds a score of 87 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim", based on five reviews.[7] Jenn Pelly of Pitchfork called the album "dark, acoustic, and bracingly metaphysical...the most striking Florist release yet."[2]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "As Alone" | 04:02 |
| 2. | "Moon Begins" | 03:05 |
| 3. | "Celebration" | 04:27 |
| 4. | "I Also Have Eyes" | 04:16 |
| 5. | "Ocean Arms" | 03:34 |
| 6. | "Time Is A Dark Feeling" | 02:36 |
| 7. | "M" | 02:46 |
| 8. | "Now" | 03:01 |
| 9. | "Rain Song" | 03:35 |
| 10. | "Still" | 01:17 |
| 11. | "Shadow Bloom" | 03:40 |
| 12. | "Today I'll Have You Around" | 03:22 |
| Total length: | 39:42 | |
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Emily Sprague – layout, design, writing, recording
- Josh Bonati – mastering
- Phil Hartunian – additional mixing
- Carley Solether – cover photography
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