hurricane drunk.

beware, the following post contains gushing, fan-girling and lots of adoration.

on Monday Florence & The Machine's debut album, 'Lungs' was released. it surpassed my expectations completely, and has now replaced 'Bitte Orca' as my favourite album of the year so far. the album sold over twenty six thousand copies on Monday, which, considering no one buys shit anymore, is a huge deal. she's currently number 1 in the mid-weeks and hopefully will knock it out of the park by Sunday.
'Lungs' is filled with harps, ukuleles, 90s baleric piano riffs ('nu' trend?), handclaps and thundering drum beats topped off with plenty of heartwrenching lyrics from a love stricken siren. it's definitely the most exciting debut i've heard this year (soz La Roux), and i really hope the brilliance of this album isn't just a flash in the pan. what else.. oh. BUY IT yeahh.

Florence & The Machine - Halo (Beyoncé cover, Radio 1 Live Lounge) [alt. link]

conclusion: florence and her machine > pretty much everyone at the moment.
buy the album here.

dog days.

can Flo & The Mash put a foot wrong? .. i'm thinking nope.

new single Dog Days is out December 1st and you can pre-order it hereeee.



Florence And The Machine - Ghosts (Maida Vale Session)

catch her on the NME Awards Tour throughout January and February because she's a treat.

song of the week.

this week i will be listening to this song lots and lots and lots.

Florence And The Machine - Postcards From Italy (Beirut cover). [YSI]

i love Beirut lots. i love good covers lots. i quite like Florence And The Machine. put them all together? yes pleeeeeeeeease.

a haunting vocal from Florence makes this track pretty much amazing.

if the link runs out before a week is up let me know!