MySpace was the Overlook Hotel of the internet; everybody thought it was a party until they realized they’d been wandering through a hedge maze built by sociopaths with webcams. Somewhere in that chaos, The Devil Wears Prada became a compass. They didn’t just soundtrack our adolescence; they kept us from losing it entirely. Reviewing The Devil Wears Prada in 2025 feels like opening your Hotmail inbox and realizing PureVolume’s been emailing you this whole time. They shouldn’t still exist, but they do, and somehow, they’re better than ever before.
What started as six kids from Dayton screaming theology over breakdowns has developed into something so profound. Flowers, their ninth full-length, isn’t a throwback; it’s a survival record. It’s the sound of people who made it out of the maze, looked around, and decided to plant something instead of burn it down. Grief, depression, faith, confusion, it’s all here, like it always was. Only now does TDWP stop trying to fix it. They just live with it. The production (Zakk Cervini, Tyler Smyth, Austin Coupe) hums with imperfection, the way real life does when you’re still answering texts from your past.
Flowers is remarkable. You don’t need to know about scene wars or swoop hair to get it. It’s not nostalgia, it’s continuity. A perfect example that metalcore can age without irony. Two decades later, Prada have outlasted Warped Tour, Fuse, and the idea that faith and aggression can’t share the same song. Flowers won’t save your life, but it’ll remind you why you once believed music could.
My Top 3 tracks that make this album a way to cope with doubt and the true need to invest in music that keeps you calm and centered, preferably in vinyl form: (LOL<3)
Track 2. Where The Flowers Never Grow: Emotional. Endlessly emotional. The ending surprised me.
Track 10. The Silence: Hit me with an ’80s popped collar sort of feel, very elegantly put together.
Track 7. Ritual: Left me feeling called out on my absolutes in a weird way, but melodically a pretty sick bop.
The Devil Wears Prada’s new album, Flowers, is set to arrive on November 14, 2025, via Solid State Records. Order it directly on the band’s website here.
