Flower crowns and flowy gowns. Enchanted forests where witches prowl and growl. Birds trapped in cages and love songs sung from broken rib-cages. This is where I choose to spend my time, with a songstress made of heartbreak and rhyme. Honestly, did you really think I could go this long without talking about Florence Welch?…
Category: Florence + The Machine
Album Review: Florence + The Machine – High As Hope
“You’ve Always Been My North Star” Even before High As Hope was released, Florence + The Machine fans knew that it would be a turning point for their enchanting, beloved queen. The three singles that were delivered in the months previous to the album’s launch date led us into uncharted territory. Each song felt so…
Florence + The Machine “Big God”
“You’ll Always Be My Favorite Ghost” We’re only a few days away from the release of High As Hope, but Florence + The Machine continue to surprise. Florence has graciously gifted us another miraculous single to obsess over. Big God is unlike anything Florence has ever created before. It’s so different from what we’re used…
Florence + The Machine “Hunger”
“Tell me what you need. Oh, you look so free.” The day we’ve been waiting for is finally here! Florence + The Machine have officially announced their return with the upcoming release of their fourth album, High As Hope. Set to debut June 29th, the album will feature ten tracks including Sky Full of Song…
Florence + The Machine “Sky Full Of Song”
“Grab me by my ankles, I’ve been flying for too long. I couldn’t hide from the thunder in a sky full of song.” Here we are, together again. Reunited and it feels so good! We all knew this day was fast approaching, but it still came as a shock. After all, the anticipation was so…
Dancing With Delilah: Revisiting Florence + The Machine’s “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful”
Music & Magic If Florence + The Machine made it their mission to possess our minds and souls with How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, I have to say, job well done. Almost three years after its release and it still has the ability to shake me to my core. It is, without a doubt,…
Album Review: Florence + The Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
“She’s fragile and she’s ferocious” The dream world, a creation made of myth and melody. She is its mother, its creator; the designer of sun and sky, of storms and seas. She is the orchestra and conductor too; the summoner of harmonious hymns and the mistress of magnificent melodies. She will take you through the…
Florence + The Machine “St. Jude”
Chapter 2 Hear the heavy beat of her heart barely breathing from behind. Another conversation with no destination, another battle never won Watch as the rain pours down upon lovers in the haunted ruins of a former home. And each side is a loser, so who cares who fired the gun He is bruised and…
Florence + The Machine “What Kind of Man”
When words fail, when “OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE BEST SONG I HAVE EVER HEARD” just doesn’t cut it, let the music speak for itself. (Warning! Video is NSFW) Florence + The Machine‘s much-anticipated third studio album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, will be released on June 1st! Pre-Order on iTunes HERE or…
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
This Is Only the Beginning Listen to the ethereal echo, her goddess’ call. A song so beautiful it’s as if it was created from the heavens above. Listen as the strings tremble and the trumpets sound. Watch as a soul divided dances in rhythm and breathes in rhyme. Watch as we leave one life behind…
Florence + The Machine “Over the Love”
Green Light In My Eyes When the announcement was made, that my beloved Florence + The Machine had fashioned a brand-new tune for Baz Luhrmann’s much-anticipated film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, the appropriate response had been to run around my home in a sporadic like fashion, screaming at the top of my lungs. When…
Florence + The Machine “Lover to Lover”
Fire & Water I’ve been losing sleep. I’ve been keeping myself awake. I’ve been wandering the streets for days and days, and days. Going from row to row, bed to bed, lover to lover, and black to red. But I believe. I believe . . . there’s no salvation for me now; no space among…
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