Florence Road
There’s a new name burning through the indie rock landscape—and it’s not one you’ll forget. Hailing from Wicklow, Ireland, Florence Road, the all-female four-piece who have been quietly sharpening their edge in a backyard shed, have just released their debut mixtape Fall Back via Warner Records. And with it, they’ve all but declared: the future of alternative rock has arrived.
Out today, Fall Back is a sharp, visceral, and deeply self-aware collection that marks Florence Road as not only one of the most exciting new bands of the year—but possibly of the decade. Alongside the release, the band dropped a new video for the standout track “Goodnight,” directed by Owen Kasparian. The song is a thunderous, drum-charged anthem made for sweaty summer crowds, anchored by a soaring chorus that feels destined to echo across festival fields.
Clocking in with previous singles like “Heavy,” “Caterpillar,” and “Figure It Out,” the 10-track mixtape is a coming-of-age fever dream, channeling the chaos, joy, heartbreak, and hilarity of youth into something sonically cohesive yet emotionally raw. Drawing from the lush melancholy of The Cranberries, the jagged power of Wolf Alice, and the lyricism of Phoebe Bridgers, Fall Back still manages to sound entirely its own—modern, electric, and refreshingly unpolished.
Florence Road’s story is as authentic as their sound. Vocalist Lily Aron, guitarist Emma Brandon, bassist Ailbhe Barry, and drummer Hannah Kelly began playing music together in their teens, writing songs in a garden shed and posting covers online that carried their unique imprint. Those lo-fi beginnings quickly blossomed into something bigger. Early co-signs from Olivia Rodrigo and beabadoobee helped ignite buzz, but Florence Road didn’t need hype to prove themselves—they had the songs.
With only a handful of official singles, the band has already notched a cover story with DORK, earned praise from NME, The Line of Best Fit, and PAPER Magazine, and turned heads with electric sets at SXSW London and The Great Escape. Just last night, they played a sold-out hometown show in Dublin to celebrate Fall Back’s release—a full-circle moment that felt more like a launchpad than a homecoming.
This summer, they’re taking things even further. Florence Road will open for Olivia Rodrigo at Marlay Park (June 24) and BST Hyde Park (June 27), before heading into a packed festival season and August dates supporting Wallows. For a band that just released their first full-length project, their trajectory is nothing short of meteoric.
And yet, Fall Back isn’t about the fame. It’s about the feeling. The mix of catharsis and chaos. The heartbreak that makes you feel invincible. The late-night drives, the mistakes, the confusion, the quiet hope. It’s music that understands what it’s like to be alive and twenty-something and full of too much everything.
Florence Road aren’t asking for your attention—they’re commanding it. And with Fall Back, they’ve created not just a calling card, but a mission statement: this is who we are, and we’re just getting started.
Watch the new video Goodnight here.
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