FLO – ‘Therapy At The Club’ review: messy night out still has plenty to celebrate

In the two years since FLO’s sublime debut album, ‘Access All Areas’, much has changed. Not only have the British trio helped pave the way for an Anglophone girl group renaissance – they’re now joined by the likes of Say Now, Katseye, 3Quency, to name a few – but have since been on NPR’s Tiny Desk, clinched a Grammy nomination and are even set to tour Asia. To say they’ve levelled up is quite the understatement. But has their music kept pace? READ MORE: Growth, girlhood, and getting down: for FLO, ‘Therapy At The Club’ captures the spirit of life and love in your twenties Leading up to the release of ‘Therapy At The Club’, Jorja, Renée and Stella told NME they “wanted to venture out on our own and develop our talent as songwriters and singers”. Notably, MNEK, who co-wrote and co-produced the lion’s share of their prior releases, is largely absent with only one credit on the new album. Instead, the trio venture out to try a slew of new things – sounds, collaborators, and even the album’s structure, which tells a loose story about the ups and downs of a night out at the club – to mostly satisfying results. Not all’s new on the record; FLO are still doing R&B songs like seasoned p...