| Flowers for Vases / Descansos | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Hayley Williams |
| Cover: | Hayley Williams - Flowers for Vases Descansos.png |
| Released: | February 5, 2021 |
| Studio: | Williams' Home (Nashville) |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 42:30 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Daniel James |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
Flowers for Vases / Descansos (stylized as FLOWERS for VASES / descansos) is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams. It was released without prior announcement through Atlantic Records on February 5, 2021, nine months after its predecessor Petals for Armor (2020), and two months after the extended play (2020).[2] Departing from the art pop sound of the singer's previous material, Flowers for Vases is an intimate folk album with sparse guitars, piano chords, and spare drums.
After the release of in December 2020, which includes a demo for "Find Me Here", Williams's website started redirecting to the Flowers for Vases webpage playing 15-second demo tracks of the project songs on January 22, 2021. On January 29, she started sending gifts to fans, including body parts of a doll with the note "Plant Me", and a special package including a Sanctuary candle and a CD with "My Limb", asking for fans to leak the song.[3] [4] Williams stated that the album is her own equivalent of Taylor Swift's Folklore (2020).[5]
On February 4, Williams announced Flowers for Vases / Descansos via social media a day before its release, including the album's credits, also explaining that the album serves as a prequel or "detour" from her first studio album Petals for Armor.[2] [6]
Flowers for Vases / Descansos was met with positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from publications, the album received an average score of 79 based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]
| Accolade | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Blunt | Half-Year Review: The 10 (and a Half) Best Albums of 2021 So Far | |
| Chorus.fm | The Best Albums of 2021 (So Far) | |
| The Guardian | The 50 Best Albums of 2021 | |
| i-D | 15 of the Best Albums of 2021 So Far | |
| Official Charts | The Best Songs and Albums of 2021 So Far: Official Charts Staff Picks | |
| Rolling Stone | The Best Albums of 2021 So Far | |
| Spin | The 30 Best Albums of 2021 (So Far) | |
All songs were written by Hayley Williams and produced by Daniel James.