Beautiful Florence

Hey Guys!

So I've decided to do a blog about Florence + The Machine, because she is so special and deserves one all to herself! She's my personal Lady Gaga:) I love her and her music. The passion and effort she puts to her music is incomparable and unique.

She recently said in an interview that each song has a character and those characters have a story, and it's her duty to tell that story. I think that is amazing because if you see any of her live performances you can see this. She performs each one differently.

Her Lungs album is an extraordinary piece of work! I loved the whole album. I really liked her references in her songs to legends like Atlas and the King Minus (Rabbit Heart). I'm a complete nerd for stories and legends, like I love Greek mythology:) Each song is so different on the album but you can hear some sort of signature coming through the whole thing bringing it all together, like her use of harp, her unique voice and particular use of drums. I'm a firm believer that albums should flow, like be one big piece of art. My favorite song on the whole album is My Boy Builds Coffins, because it's the weirdest love song I've ever heard, it's also simple and just a damn good song! the first song I heard from the album was Cosmic Love and I was hooked! I instantly wanted to listen to the whole album. I wasn't disappointed either;) Her lyrics are odd I'll grant yo that, but if you keep listening to them you might eventually get hr message like I did. It's an album of discovery:)

Her newest album Ceremonials was spectacular and a brilliant follow up to lungs. her style matured and it's a much more settled album to listen too. Not only does it have a common music flow but also a common theme running throughout; relations with the devil. This wasn't heard in her first album. I of course love Shake It Out, but my two favourites from the whole album are Never Let Me Go and No Light, No Light. I really like these two cause their messages were the most interesting and again found myself listening to them over and over to find what her message was when I realised it could be interpreted in so many ways. Anyone could listen to it and think something different. My English teacher recently used Shake It Out and Never Let Me Go to help us understand the relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff's continuous mourning for Cathy in Wuthering Heights. It was another to interpret the songs. I really like this album and I'm still working through it, I suppose. Still figuring it out.

Over all you can see that I love this women and I do, I just hope I've helped you appreciate her a little more:) She is so talented and I wish for you all to know that. Florence Welch is amazing and is my musical inspiration:)

Enjoy the tunes guys,
Rois
xx