U.K. alt-folk act All The Bees, which features Kirsty McGee and Gitika Partington have delivered their debut single “Wildflowers.”

McGhee said this about the song:

“Having grown up pretty wild in the country, as a child I was fascinated in a Victorian tradition called ‘floriography’ that allowed lovers and friends to deliver clandestine messages to one another using a symbolic ‘language of flowers’. This is such a fun well of unspoken meaning for a lyricist. ‘Yarrow’ - a British wildflower whose Latin name ‘millefolium’ translates as ‘one thousand leaves’ has been used to secretly communicate everlasting love, bravery and even has the country name ‘bad man’s plaything’. Meadowsweet, by contrast, means beauty, happiness, peace and protection but was also thought to deter snakes.

For years I’ve enjoyed a ‘private language’ when choosing flower names in my lyrics. All the Bees, steeped in countryside folklore, is a perfect project for me to use this forgotten language.”

McGee and Partington first met during a lockdown film and TV sync music zoom course during the pandemic. McGee opened for acts such as Suzanne Vega and Eddi Reader in the past and had their song “Sandman” featured in the 2013 film Trance. Partington has created multi layered vocal tracks for both Warner Chappell and Peer Music Library and released seven studio albums. Following personal tragedy from the pandemic, both musicians began to focus on their new project.

“Wildflowers” stems from All The Bees forthcoming self-titled debut album which will be unveiled on December 8 via Hobopop Recordings. The new single is available on digital services right now.