Flowers for Vases / Descansos

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 a surprise album released on February 5, 2021, through Atlantic Records, released nine months after its predecessor Petals for Armor (2020), and two months after the extended play (EP) Petals for Armor: Self-Serenades.[7]

Flowers for Vases / Descansos
Studio album by Hayley Williams
Released	February 5, 2021
Studio	Hayley's Home (Nashville)
Length	42:30
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Daniel James
Hayley Williams chronology
Petals for Armor: Self-Serenades (2020) Flowers for Vases / Descansos (2021)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
Gigwise	[3]
Kerrang!	3/5[4]
The Line of Best Fit	7/10[5]
NME	[6]

Background

After the release of Petals for Armor: Self-Serenades 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.[8][9]

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.[7][10]

Track listing

All songs were written by Hayley Williams and produced by Daniel James

No.	Title	Length
1.	"First Thing to Go"	2:59
2.	"My Limb"	2:53
3.	"Asystole"	3:05
4.	"Trigger"	4:04
5.	"Over Those Hills"	3:12
6.	"Good Grief"	2:38
7.	"Wait On"	3:10
8.	"KYRH"	2:34
9.	"Inordinary"	4:44
10.	"HYD"	3:42
11.	"No Use I Just Do"	2:09
12.	"Find Me Here"	2:11
13.	"Descansos"	1:59
14.	"Just a Lover"	3:03
Total length:		42:30

Personnel

Credits adapted from Instagram posts.[11][12]

Hayley Williams – all instruments, all vocals, writer David James – production, engineering Carlos de la Garza – mixing Heba Kadry – mastering Denyse Tontz – mix engineering assistant Lindsey Byrnes – creative direction, photography References "Flowers for Vases/descansos by Hayley Williams Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved February 7, 2021. "Hayley Williams lets her softer side shine on Flowers for Vases / Descansos". Entertainment Weekly. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021. "Album Review: Hayley Williams - FLOWERS for VASES/descansos". Gigwise. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021. "Album review: Hayley Williams – FLOWERS for VASES / descansos". Kerrang. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021. "Hayley Williams' emotional purge continues into delicate, and often haunting, acoustic terrain". The Line of Best Fit. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021. "Hayley Williams – 'Flowers for Vases / descansos' review: the pensive prequel to 'Petals For Armor'". NME. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021. Shaffer, Claire (February 4, 2021). "Hayley Williams Teases New Album 'Flowers for Vases / Descansos'". Rolling Stone. "Ouça 'My Limb', a nova música de Hayley Williams!". Paramore Brasil. January 29, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020. "Tudo o que sabemos sobre Flowers for Vases, possível novo álbum de Hayley". Paramore Brasil. January 29, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020. Strauss, Matthew (February 5, 2021). "Hayley Williams Releases New Album FLOWERS for VASES / descansos: Listen". Pitchfork. "hayley williams on instagram". February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Instagram. "hayley williams on instagram". February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Instagram.