Brooklyn-based artist Avery Friedman just announced her debut LP New Thing and shares lead single ‘Flowers Fell’ – a beautiful ode to the stages of change. Like the seasons, there’s beauty in the transitional moments.
“The opening melody for ‘Flowers Fell’ came to me on a headphone-less walk home one night down Greene Avenue in Brooklyn. I had noticed that the flowers that once lined the branches had been replaced by leaves – seemingly in the blink of an eye. I was briefly disappointed until I considered that the petals had made way for something more sustainable – and equally full of life. The song became a meditation on the concept of place – how things of our surroundings like ‘sidewalks,’ and ‘balconies’ and ‘trees,’ can act as fixed backdrops upon which we measure our personal evolutions (and the evolutions of our relationships) across the span of many seasons.”
Avery Friedman
New Thing, out 18 April, is an exploration of Friedman’s trauma and queerness. Pre-order on Bandcamp
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