WL//WH Track Of The Day DAYFLOWER
Leicester, UK-based pop combo Dayflower led by Alex Clemence (vocals, guitar) and David Dhonau (electric /acoustic guitar, bass, ebow), drops the new single, “Florida”, featuring once again singer-songwriter Martha Bean on vocals, with the precious support of Chris Merriman (electric guitar), Euan Rodger (drums, percussion) and Francis O’Donnell-Smith (Fender Rhodes piano), an introspective song about transformation through loss expressed by a summer memory at the beach.
“Florida” is a refined and stirring endeavour to put back into play the band’s distinctive idea of a textured sound built on ‘layers of fuzz or jangly guitars’, even if the latter, used minimally, are still there, with which they have made us accustomed to and appreciated over time.
The group sculpt a both intimate and reflective laidback electro-acoustic wake, through airy and smooth arrangments, towards iridescent wistful horizons, gliding on swaying rhythms, sinuously soft bass grooves, and gentle tinny strumming, decorated by glistening rippling guitars and warm chimey electric piano keys, to cocoon clear nostalgic vocals heartfeltly expanding with high whispery haloes, amid dreamy echoes, celestial skies and cheerful backups.
The East Midlands duo feel the song is one of their strongest to date, and even ourselves, inclined to a little bit of scratch, we can only agree.
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