8/1/26.
Well, this was a wonderful surprise. I do really enjoy everything I post here, but I honestly don't expect yagada. I used to write this word on releases that made me go gaga on first listen when I was a DJ at KDVS. Flora "Five Years" is one of those rare albums that you sit back and go "yagada" on the first listen.
I learned about it because Mawkish Twaddler (who will be back on the radio: KVMRx 105.7 FM Grass Valley/Nevada City and at kvmrx.org) bought this.
I, of course, thought of Look Blue Go Purple right away. But the more I listened to this, the more I realized, there's so much more. I would add Memorials, Pool Boys, Thibault, and Parsnip.
Flora (Hamburg/Stuttgart, Germany) is Flora Lenzmann,Β Moritz Finkbeiner, and "Five Years" is their debut LP. It's being released by German label Treibender Teppich Records. We covered another of the label's bands, Sloe Paul, in November 2025.
