How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

2015, Jun 1

Apple Spotify Art Pop Alternative Rock 98 Highly Rated Universal-Island Records Ltd. Pitchfork 7.6/10 The Needle Drop 7/10 The Line of Best Fit 8/10 NME 4/5 Evening Standard 4/5 Paste 8.0/10 Rolling Stone 3.5/5 DIY 4/5 The Independent 3/5 All Music 3/5 Under The Radar 7.5/10 Clash 6/10 Mojo 4/5 The Observer 3/5 Pop Matters 7/10 The Guardian 3/5 Spectrum Culture 75% music OMH 4/5 Sputnikmusic 3.5/5 The Telegraph 4/5 The Irish Times 3/5 The Arts Desk 3/5 Uncut 6/10

Pitchfork 7.6/10 The songs on Florence and the Machine's third LP aren't just about heartbreak, they're songs about total and utter eclipses of the heart. What really binds How Big together, though, is Welch's exceptional sense for melody. No matter how tormented these songs get, they let her show off with grand, arching vocal lines.

Evening Standard 4/5 Florence Welch's third album is blustery, but succeeds when the tunes match her ambition

Rolling Stone 3.5/5 Check out our album review of Artist's How Big How Blue How Beautiful on Rolling Stone.com.

DIY 4/5 ‘How Big…’ couldn’t feel any more massive if it tried.

Under The Radar 7.5/10 The first two albums by Florence and the Machine were hardly feeble constructs, with Florence Welch's vocals front and center and demanding the attention of anyone within earshot.

The Observer 3/5 Once the most British of eccentrics, Florence Welch turns her sights on America with this well-balanced third album

The Guardian 3/5 Don’t believe the talk about Florence Welch’s new album being a stripped-down affair – this is often still as melodramatic as pop gets, and sometimes to a fault. But the songs are strong enough to carry that weight

The Telegraph 4/5 Like Kate Bush on Hounds of Love, Florence Welch channels the heartbeat of the hunted victim on her latest record