Fire Burning Through Your Veins

After releasing three EPs independently, collaborating with Fred Falke and Xenomania along the way, Bristol pop maven Florrie made the leap to a major label in 2012.

Since then, she has been working away on the tracks that will make up her debut album. A recent post on her site claimed that she is close to completing work on 20 tracks and almost ready to launch her quest to conquer the charts and our hearts.

Before then, though, there is a sneak preview of what to expect in the guise of the new theme tune to a new Sony headphones advertisement, 'Live A Little'. Written and performed by Florrie, the track is a welcome reminder of her vibrant pop energy.



Download the track for free here.

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

A few months back, I raved about Bristol singer Florrie after I made a last minute decision to catch her playing in the intimate surrounds of Dublin's Academy 2.

Since then, I've had her debut EP, Introduction, on heavy rotation (it's available as a free download from her site here). Her electro-infused top shelf pop reminds of the better output of Girls Aloud and Annie and her novel approach to releasing her music, turning down label offers in favour of financing herself with the benefit of endorsements and corporate collaborations, is really intriguing.

A follow-up EP, Experiments, is due next week. I wasn't entirely sold on the first track, the autotune-heavy Begging Me but, this morning, The Guardian posted a new track, Experimenting With Rugs.

A melancholy mid-tempo number, laced with delicious hooks and underpinned by Florrie's deft drumwork, it reaffirms my suspicions that Florrie is a pop messiah, come to save us all.

Experimenting With Rugs by Florrie

Begging Me by Florrie

Live Review: Florrie @ The Academy

Last week, Lou Bru came up trumps when she sourced me a last-minute ticket for Florrie's debut Dublin headliner at The Academy.

The as yet unsigned singer, songwriter and drummer is closely associated with Xenomania, the man behind most of Girls Aloud's back-catalogue, and has drummed live and on record for the (former?) girlband.

She released her debut EP, Introduction, last year (which is available as a free download from her website) and in a live setting, minus Xenomania's studio gloss, these songs hold their own remarkably well.

Florrie makes the same kind of lightweight but immaculately crafted pop that saw Pitchfork darling Annie, early incarnations of Sugababes and Girls Aloud salvage the genre's sullied reputation in the mid noughties.

Alternating between belting out high-energy numbers and thrashing on the drum kit, even the most po-faced gig-goers were shimmying and shaking by the time she wrapped up her short but supremely sweet set. Second helping: sought.

Florrie - Give Me Your Love



Florrie - Left Too Late



Florrie - Call 911 (Fred Falke Remix)



Florrie happens to be among a number of artists, Lou Bru and I discussed in a recent video for Red Radar. Check it out here:

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