Pittsburgh's Flower Crown to Drop 'The Billy,' Announce New Album Sept. 3

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Nearly two years after the release of their breakout album Sundries, the haze pop darlings of Flower Crown are poised for a triumphant return. Ahead of the release of their forthcoming album Heat, the band will debut a catchy pop-centric love song, “The Billy,” Sept. 3.

Musically, the song is reminiscent of '90s pop ballads, while also drawing influence from modern indie rock contemporaries. “The bass line in the verse was written to be pretty explicitly a ‘Beach Fossils bass line’,” explains bassist Chris Sexauer, in reference to the popular surf rock outfit out of Brooklyn.

Seeking to write a sugary pop song with hooks and catchy melodies, Flower Crown frontman Richie Colosimo penned “The Billy” during a stay at a motel of the same name tucked in the hills of rural West Virginia.

“The Billy” certainly strikes a sweet note with its painfully tender lyrics:
underneath my skin
please just let me in
Honeybee, be sweet to me
and I’m yours til the end

Love isn’t the only feeling that drives the new album, however. In its entirety, Heat runs the gamut of emotions, featuring feelings of despondence, hope and even playful indifference — a reflection of the band members’ evolving relationships and changes in trajectory over the tumultuous last year and a half.

Within the tracks, listeners will find lo-fi and surf-inspired pop hooks artfully interwoven with instrumental interludes, as well as the band’s first-ever waltz.

Pittsburgh dream pop ensemble Flower Crown began in 2015 as a collaborative effort between Richie Colosimo (Mires, Sun Dawgs, Lake Drums) and Aaron Mook (Crooner). Reverb-heavy and esoteric, the duo’s first EP Hypnausea (2016) was a sort-of lo-fi love letter to a genre that diverged heavily from the pair’s roots in post-rock, folk and hardcore styles. The follow-up album Glow (Flowerpot Records, 2017) was a more cohesive and focused reimagining of the initial EP’s washed-out and hypnotic tones. Trapped in the foothills of Appalachia, Flower Crown became an act of escapism that landed squarely between ironic and heartfelt. Flower Crown transitioned to a full-band effort in 2018, adding Mike Iverson, Chris Sexauer (Flex.Auer) and Jon Sampson to the roster. After the release of the band’s second LP, Sundries (Crafted Sounds, 2019) Zach Bronder (Bat Zuppel,  Good Sport, The Gotobeds) replaced Aaron Mook. Later the same year, the band released a single entitled “High Fantasy.”

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