Softcore/various rock outfit Boston Flowers has returned with their newest single, Afterlife, balancing crunchy chords and heady ideas in a launch that crackles with the identical uncooked emotive depth as Loss of life Cab for Cutie’s haunting launch, I Will Observe You Into the Darkish.
Driving a pulsative anthemic backbeat, the tighter-than-a-straitjacket instrumentals act as an intravenous shot of adrenaline whereas the vocal efficiency invitations deep reflection on life’s frailty. Every hear peels again one other dimension of ingenious element, confirming that regardless of the stiff competitors in Brooklyn’s indie scene, Boston Flowers has the potential to carry dominion over it.
Their new single builds on the introspective floor they broke with Soul Creature, Fever Dream, and Most cancers Man, all of which probe life, loss of life, and doable realms past. As vocalist/guitarist Sam Trestman explains, his decade in healthcare and a near-death expertise fuels the Afterlife EP’s emphasis on life’s polarity and its revolving cycles of transformation.
Since making their mark with 2023’s Mondegreen, the band have stayed firmly dedicated to melodic alt-rock and a softcore edge. They could namecheck The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, and Tame Impala as their influences, but the whole lot you hear within the Boston Flowers is of the powerhouse’s personal cerebrally affecting design.
Stream the official music video for Afterlife on YouTube now.
Evaluation by Amelia Vandergast
