Florence Welch is the founder, writer, and creator of Florence + the Machine, a British indie rock/art rock band whose debut album Lungs came out on July 6, 2009 in the UK. After selling over 100,000 copies and receiving much critical acclaim, the album has finally found its way over to our home soil. As Welch’s first album, Lungs surprisingly managed to possess a grand marathon of faculty oft reserved for the masters or the mad.
Florence + the Machine – Kiss with a Fist
The album’s sound is hard to place, as it thunders with rock ‘n’ roll while jazz overtones underlie the largeness of the sound – all the while swerving between punk speeds and slow lilts. What brings the music together, however, is Florence Welch’s voice. It is a wondrous voice, an impossible voice, made up of all things powerful and true, soft and sweet. There are very few albums that I can’t stop listening to, fewer that I can’t believe my luck in finding – this is one of them. As for the songs I preferred the hurrying suddenness of Dogs Days are Over, Rabbit Heart, and Drumming Song. But, the softer and more Roberta Flack sounding You’ve got the Love is wonderful, and the drum driven Cosmic Love is to not be overlooked. Get this album.