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Nov 14, 2024A definitive debut.
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Dec 16, 2024Access All Areas is an assertively, confidently, confoundingly surface level record that succeeds in presenting their lead singles with various wigs on for 45 minutes and change.
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Nov 19, 2024Even if ‘Access All Areas’ doesn’t overwhelmingly herald the return of R&B girl group dominance, the massive momentum FLO have built over the past two years hint that the dam is about to break.
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Nov 19, 2024If a girl group’s main job is to supply harmonies for days and kick out songs that roll around your head like marble, their debut album, Access All Areas, achieves it all with a decidedly R&B edge.
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Nov 15, 2024Access All Areas is a place where retro influences merge with contemporary thematics, additionally bestriding the border between nostalgia-evoking sampling and entirely fresh production techniques. From top to bottom, this record exhibits toned melodies, striking harmonies, and impressive vocal chemistry.
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Nov 14, 2024Never straying too far to their admired soundscape but enough so to still be refreshing. ‘IWH2BMX’, ‘Get It Til I’m Gone’, ‘Nocturnal’ ooze confidence.
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Nov 15, 2024FLO’s debut has one glaring problem: it fails to make these girls seem real. They’re excellent singers, yes, but there’s no introspection, no personality, that shines through Access All Areas.
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Nov 14, 2024At times, the record stumbles over its ambition to lean into the classic R&B playbook while remaining experimental. .... Access All Areas thrives when Jorja Douglas, Stella Quaresma, and Renee Downer highlight their individual personalities without disrupting their chemistry. [Nov 2024, p.71]
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Nov 14, 2024Their debut seems more like a solid start than an obvious smash, a good idea that needs fleshing out before it really comes into its own.
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Nov 14, 2024AAA doesn’t give us the faintest clue as to who these women are – or why we should care.