Much like the night-blooming flora the album takes its name from, Constant Smiles’ Felte debut Moonflowers is the product of slow, largely unseen patterns of growth. The New York-based band forged a strange and fascinating path all their own on the way here, one that has traipsed through various home bases, an exceptionally fluid lineup, and wild changes to their sound on almost every entry in a small kingdom of stylistically restless releases. Though the band gradually grew from existing as an amorphous collection of highly conceptual ideas and experiments into something easier to grasp, every step of their unlikely route has led to Moonflowers, a subtle masterpiece of internally-born ambient pop.
“she’s green’s sound is a meticulous blend of soaring melodies.”
- COMPLEX
“A major player in the bubbling North American shoegaze resurgence.”
- PAPER MAGAZINE
“As bands around the world are leaning into louder, dreamier ways to make rock records, she’s green are a shining example of how to be inspired, but still have something new to express.”
- THE CURRENT
“An extremely exciting band to watch.”
- ATWOOD MAGAZINE
“Listening to she’s green feels like drifting down a glittering river in the sun, whilst simultaneously evoking feelings of sitting on a porch in the country as the dark sky cries.”
- THE MINNESOTA DAILY
“Trying to boil down this new female-fronted five piece means first contemplating Leopold’s voice, powerful in its ability to go low, then break into a calm, breathy rush reminiscent of The Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan — dark and vulnerable all at once. Then there’s the band as a whole — a wall of surfy and washed-out guitar, driving bass lines and dynamic drums that squanders and builds momentum in tight, catchy turns, steering the audience from a place of silent awe to a mass communal headbang.” |
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