Tampa's Florist stands in front of a giant, gnarled oak tree with sprawling branches and exposed roots, basking in the warm glow of the sun. The man on the left, with a full beard, wears a dark plaid shirt and black pants. The frontman, in the center, has tattooed arms, a thick beard, and a goatee. He sports a black tank top with a skull graphic and a heavy chain necklace. To his right, a man with a full beard and glasses stands with his hands in his pockets, dressed in a black long-sleeved shirt and black pants. The final man, on the far right, has long gray hair and a beard, and he leans on a branch of the tree, wearing a dark brown jacket over a black shirt and maroon pants. — Florist, which plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Oct. 11, 2025. Credit: Evan Dell

Just before a brief U.S. summer tour, spacey Tampa-based metal band Florist spent the first half of the year working out its sophomore album. The five-tracker dropped last month, and a release party has finally been solidified for October.

Adrift, which marks the band’s debut on Ryan Boesch’s Threat Collection Records, contains the eclecticism heard in King Crimson’s heavier compositions, lyrics straight out of a tin can far above the world, and the ability to take even the most cosmical of weed trips to whole new levels. And the record’s instrumental opening track “432Hz” must have been a field day production-wise, with its sitar and synth-and-guitar pedal combinations.

In short, if Florist isn’t on your smoke sesh playlist, at least a few tracks will be by this time next month.

Tickets to Florist’s album release show at Crowbar in Ybor City on Saturday, Oct. 11 are available now for $12.49.