Lungs
Big, bold, and baroque, Florence + The Machine\'s debut album thrives on drama. Built around the effortless sweep of Florence Welch\'s voice, and the delicate trills of the harp, it proudly lays its emotions bare, barreling between suffocating lust on “Drumming Song,” debilitating fear on “Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up),” and the pain of heartbreak on the breathless “Cosmic Love.\" But Welch also understands the power of redemption: She closes with a rousing version of The Source and Candi Staton\'s “You\'ve Got the Love.”
Unlike fellow quirky UK songstresses La Roux and Little Boots, Florence Welch moves away from the Lily/Amy template by building her career from the bottom up.
Florence Welch has a penchant for dramatics. But what would be a dubious distinction for most twentysomethings becomes an advantage when paired with Welch’s otherworldly vocals and a trio of top-tier British producers who elevate her Mercury Prize-nominated debut album, Lungs, to something that manages to be…
If you can get past your pre-conceptions of this album, there's plenty to enjoy here - a debut album full of great hooks and pop masterpieces.
At points on her debut album, Lungs, Florence Welch suggests she's a wild Englishwoman on par with PJ Harvey: She sets her boyfriend ablaze and cuts out a girl's eye because the bitch won't get her "filthy fingers outta my pie."
After the sheer amount of hype (including a Brit Award!) that Florence and the Machine has been receiving for the past six months or so we were convinced that debut album 'Lungs' stood not a cat in hells chance of living up to it. We were spectacularly wrong.
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Last year’s recipient of the inaugural Critics’ Choice award at the BRIT Awards was Adele, whose subsequent debut album tried to cover numerous musical bases to showcase her voice – and fell
<p>The songs are generally angry, with a nagging hook to keep you there, writes <strong>Sheryl Garratt</strong></p>
<p>Freed from her irritating live persona, moments here justify the hype, writes <strong>Dave Simpson</strong></p>
Florence and the Machine - Lungs review: A fantastic debut from a very promising British talent.
There’s a heart-pumping exhilaration to Florence and the Machine's debut album 'Lungs'.