FLORRIE - LATE EP

It's finally here!  Florrie fans have been waiting quite a while for her third EP to arrive.  I think the original estimated release date was November of last year.  But with her recent announcement that she will be signing to a major label soon, the delays are understandable as it's obvious that the young woman has been a bit busy.  But it's here now and we can put all those Florrieless nights of torment behind us.

So, was it worth the wait?



Yes.

Honestly, even if the entire EP had just consisted of the first track, "Shot You Down", I would not have been disappointed at all.  It's the first time Florrie has sounded a bit menacing and it is a very, very good sound for her.  It immediately stands out as one of her best songs yet, right up there with "I Took a Little Something" (her best song, don't argue with me) from her previous EP, Experiments.  In fact, it's a highlight of the year so far.  Also, it's obviously a song about how our sweet, innocent Florrie has actually murdered someone.  (I don't believe in metaphors.)

The other three songs on the EP aren't quite as good, but only because the first one is so great.  It's above average pop all around.  Of the remaining three, I especially like "To the End".

But even while this EP is incredibly enjoyable, you can't help but wonder what she's holding back.  If all goes according to plan, this will be her last independent release and over the past several months, she has mentioned recording a lot of material.  I know at some point she said she had 18 new songs and I'm sure she's recorded more since then.  Obviously she intends for a lot of those songs to go on her debut full length.  In her announcement about signing to a label, she even mentioned that she has two songs in particular with which she will be launching her big ol' popstar career.  So, while none of this is meant as an insult to the songs on the EP, it just seems like maybe we are on the cusp of something even bigger and better from our dear Florrie.  This isn't a complaint.  There is nothing bad about getting a great EP now and then hopefully an even more amazing full length album sometime further down the road.

Also, in her transition from "our popstar" to everyone's popstar, I'm sure she'll be collaborating with lots of producers she hasn't worked with previously.  And I am completely fine with that (I don't expect Florrie to start making any LOLpop anytime soon), but I really hope Xenomania and Fred Falke stay involved in her future.  I don't even know to what extent they were involved on this one, but those are incredibly good friends to have around.  And speaking of Fred, when can we expect the inevitable fantastic remix of at least one of these songs?

Late is out now on iTunes and probably several other digital retailers.  And you can also stream the whole thing on her website here.