Florencia Rusiñol, lead singer/guitarist and primary songwriter of Florencia & the Feeling, says of their brand new album, Birthday: “Many of these songs were written after going through a pretty rough break-up, but there’s just so much more than that.”

Thus, and with that in mind, the album’s title track, “Birthday,” recalls some of the more painful parts of that situation and is meant to serve as a powerful pop-punk anthem for those treated unfairly in love. “Que Sera” offers a similar message, but in the singer’s native Spanish.

The catharsis involved with singing these words aloud roused a rebirth for Rusiñol, going on to inspire healing and the creation of this project. That, coupled with it being the band’s debut, gave the album its title – Birthday. “As much as there is heartbreak, there is hope,” she states.

The songs, “Meant to Be” and “Three Steps” were born of the months of self-reflection that came after that relationship’s end. Themes of self-forgiveness, acceptance, and loving oneself are strewn throughout lilting melodies and head-bobbing rhythms to convey the ever-growing optimism of healing.

“Ultimately, the album is about love lost and the process of growing and moving on to a brighter future with the support of those around you,” says Rusiñol. The juxtaposition of heartbreaking lyrics set to the tune of funky riffs and captivating harmonies throughout reflect hopefulness beyond despair.

1. Intro (1:36)
2. Meant to Be (3:39)
3. Three Steps (3:27)
4. Birthday (4:36)
5. You (6:48)
6. Que Será (4:30)
7. In My Fantasy (4:42)
8. What Can I Do? (5:01)
9. Outro (1:38)

This stunningly opulent new recording opens on the lushly-orchestrated, short instrumental Intro and then moves seamlessly into the joyously upbeat, rhythmically-savory Meant to Be and they are followed by the perky Three Steps and the flirtatiously-brisk pop of the titular Birthday.

Along next we find an aching yearn threaded through the low slung R&B vibe of You and that is itself backed by the strongly emboldened, Spanish sung Que Será, the buoyantly-charged foot-tapper In My Fantasy, the album rounding out on the animated What Can I Do?, closing on the rhythmically-frenetic, yet at all times melodically sculpted instrumental Outro.

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