FLOWERS for VASES / descansos

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. Williams wrote and performed the entirety of *FLOWERS for VASES / descansos* and recorded it in her Nashville home, and it serves as an ode to the suffering that precluded *Petals for Armor*\'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.

Working in isolation, the Paramore leader extends the healing narrative of last year’s Petals for Armor with a sparse, unadorned album that casts a mournful glance to the past.

Hayley Williams trades in her signature rock for softer, folksy introspection on Flowers For Vases/Descansos, entirely written and performed in quarantine.

Recorded in lockdown, the Paramore vocalist's new record see her trade the biting rage of her previous release for a more meditative sound

Hayley Williams' emotional purge continues into delicate, and often haunting, acoustic terrain

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Paramore singer Hayley Williams has codified what a 'quarantine album' can be with 'Flowers.'

A record which further proves that the strength of Hayley Williams - as a songwriter, a vocalist, a woman - is still awe-inspiring.

A surprise album from Hayley Williams is a prequel to 2020's 'Petal for Armor'. Read our review of 'Flowers for Vases/ descansos'.

Nine months after the release of her debut solo album, 2020's Petals for Armor, Hayley Williams returns with a surprise follow-up, 2021's deeply introspective Flowers for Vases/descansos.

Paramore vocalist Hayley Williams has always been a piano player, but FLOWERS for VASES / descansos showcases her instrumental strengths lik...

Hayley Williams dropped her second solo album, FLOWERS for VASES/descansos unannounced last night as a surprise for her adoring fans, who have become nothing short of a cult following since Williams' incredible success with Paramore.

On Friday (February 5th) Hayley Williams dropped the sublimely honest, surprise release, 'FLOWERS for VASES / descansos'. In May 2020 she released

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