flor have announced they will release their highly anticipated new album Future Shine on May 6th via Fueled By Ramen. The album is available to pre-order and pre-save beginning today HERE. CDs, cassettes, and limited edition merch bundles are available for pre-order exclusively through flor’s online store HERE.
Alongside the announcement, flor has unveiled two brand new tracks from the album, “Skate” and “Big Shot”. Both songs can be heard now below.
“I was thinking about people who present solutions for today’s problems to help ensure a brighter future,” shares flor vocalist/guitarist Zach Grace. “I wanted to emulate that energy, optimism, and desire for a better world. The album is us chasing the goal we’ve been after since high school: to share our art, bring joy, and connect with as many people as possible.”
Future Shine represents flor’s most collaborative body of work to date. Feeling uninspired to write while alone during quarantine, Grace gathered his bandmates – Dylan Bauld [bass], McKinley Kitts [guitar], and Kyle Hill [drums] – at Bauld’s Los Angeles studio for a series of writing sessions as soon as it became safe to do so. This time around, they built the bulk of the songs face-to-face, inspired by favorite records from the likes of MGMT, Phoenix, The Killers, and M83. “There was immediate magic. Imagine if we went back in time to my garage, but we had all of this experience writing songs and touring together? That’s what it was like. All of these years culminated in feeling like kids again,” adds Kitts.
Across the album’s 11 tracks, flor excavate unshakable melodies from jubilant synths, buoyant beats, and lush guitars as they relay a coming-of-age story all their own. flor previewed the album with the February release of lead single “Play Along”, which Variance Magazine praised as “the perfect introduction to their next chapter as a band.” The song is available to stream and download now HERE.
This evening, flor will hit the road in North America supporting The Band Camino. The 25-city trek will visit major markets coast-to-coast, and wrap on April 30 in Philadelphia, PA. Remaining tickets for the largely sold-out tour are available now HERE. This September, flor will appear at Firefly Music Festival 2022. A complete list of upcoming live dates can be found below.
flor Tour Dates:
March 23, 2022 – Louisville, KY – Old Forester’s Paristown Hall – SOLD OUT
March 24, 2022 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre – SOLD OUT
March 25, 2022 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre – SOLD OUT
March 26, 2022 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore – SOLD OUT
March 29, 2022 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex – SOLD OUT
March 31, 2022 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater – SOLD OUT
April 01, 2022 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox – SOLD OUT
April 03, 2022 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom – SOLD OUT
April 05, 2022 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom – SOLD OUT
April 06, 2022 – Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst
April 08, 2022 – Los Angeles, CA – The Novo by Microsoft – SOLD OUT
April 09, 2022 – Santa Ana, CA – Observatory – SOLD OUT
April 10, 2022 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
April 12, 2022 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
April 14, 2022 – Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum
April 15, 2022 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater – SOLD OUT
April 17, 2022 – Birmingham, AL – Avondale Brewing Co – SOLD OUT
April 19, 2022 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live – SOLD OUT
April 21, 2022 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte – SOLD OUT
April 22, 2022 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz – SOLD OUT
April 23, 2022 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern – SOLD OUT
April 24, 2022 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
April 26, 2022 – Silver Springs, MD – The Fillmore – SOLD OUT
April 27, 2022 – New York, NY – Terminal 5 – SOLD OUT
April 29, 2022 – Boston, MA – House of Blues Boston – SOLD OUT
April 30, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall – SOLD OUT
September 22-25, 2022 – Dover Heights, DE – Firefly Music Festival 2022