Welcome Strawberry "Desperate Flower"

THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. EXPECT THIS RECORD TO SHIP BY RELEASE DATE 7/25/25.

Note: If you purchase a pre-order item along with in-stock records, your entire order will ship when the pre-order is released. To receive in-stock items sooner, please place a separate order for the pre-order.

Oakland’s Welcome Strawberry return with Desperate Flower, their lush sophomore LP and a co-release from à La Carte Records and Cherub Dream Records. Blending shimmering dream-pop, homespun psychedelia, and restless experimental textures, the album balances intimacy with expansiveness. Lead single “Memory Cube” pulses with hypnotic energy, while “Violets & Honey” channels the jangle of C86 pop. The title track blooms into kaleidoscopic psych-pop, nodding to Elephant 6 icons and kiwi pop legends alike. At once nostalgic and forward-thinking, Desperate Flower is a vivid, hazy journey through melody and memory.

Pressing info:

• Transparent purple 12" — 100 copies
• Transparent yellow 12" — 100 copies (Cherub Dream Records)

ALC-146 / CDR-56