Nearly Daffodils

All four members wrote it and Salogni produced; it runs 3:46 on the album. It was released as a single on Island in early October 2023 (Dork and NME date it October 6, Line of Best Fit published October 5), premiered on BBC 6 Music with Steve Lamacq, and did not chart in the UK. Fontaine said it is about heartbreak and acceptance of unfulfilled potential, and told NME that however much effort goes in or how much you want something it can be out of reach, and that life is about as unstoppable as a freight train. Far Out's Maddi Fearn argued in March 2026 that its upbeat synth and guitar sound hides a sad story of a relationship that never developed. A Poetry School blog reads the title as a riff on Wordsworth's daffodils, an interpretation and not a band statement. Wikipedia says Time listed it among the ten best songs of 2023, which we could not verify. There is no video listed.

The Arts Desk, reviewing Glasgow's Queen Margaret Union on November 20, 2024, heard it in the main set's closing run, tambourine-shaking and hip-swivelling. In Dublin at 3Olympia on November 8, 2025 it was played last, number 17, and at the Roundhouse on November 25, 2025 it was 15th of 18. We found no total play count, covers or samples.