Florence + the Machine is a London, UK, art pop band led by singer-songwrit… Read Full Bio ↴Florence + the Machine is a London, UK, art pop band led by singer-songwriter Florence Welch and formed in 2007. The band consists of: Florence Welch (vocals), Robert Ackroyd (guitar), Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine - keyboards), Tom Monger (harp), Mark Saunders (bass, percussion), Christopher Lloyd Hayden (drums, backing vocals), Rusty Bradshaw (keyboard, backing vocals) and Sam White (backing vocals).
Lead singer, Florence Welch, was an art-college drop-out, from Camberwell (London), who was discovered singing Motown covers in a nightclub toilet, drunk. ”The Machine” name originated with an in-joke between Welch and Summers. Musically, Florence + The Machine's sound is sometimes referred to as soul-inspired indie rock. Welch grew up listening to The White Stripes and Kate Bush and says she writes metaphorical songs that are "stories with consequences and weird morality issues."
2008
Florence + The Machine's music has received praise across the British music media, especially from the BBC, who played a large part in their rise to prominence, by bringing them into the spotlight as part of "BBC Introducing" (a program to support unsigned artists) - firstly at South By South West (SXSW) in Austin, Texas in March 2008 and later that year (Sept 2008) the band recorded a full session for the BBC at their Maida Vale studios.
2009 - 2010 - first awards and first studio album - "Lungs"
At the Brit Awards 2009, Florence + The Machine received the Critics' Choice Award at the Brits in the UK. The award was introduced in 2008 (when it was awarded to Adele) and focuses on new and emerging British talent, voted for by a panel of music industry experts.
The band's début album was "Lungs" (Jul 2009, Universal), preceded by third single Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (Jun 2009, Moshi Moshi). "Lungs" went on to become number one in the UK album charts in January 2010, and won the MasterCard British Album award at the 2010 Brits, where they performed a hugely popular collaboration, You've Got the Dirtee Love (live at The Brit Awards 2010) with Dizzee Rascal - a mix of You've Got the Love, the Candi Staton cover from "Dog Days Are Over" (Nov 2008, IAmSound), and Dizzee’s Dirtee Cash (Sept 2009, Dirtee Stank).
2011 - second studio album - "Ceremonials"
The second album "Ceremonials" (31 Oct 2011, Island) - with which Welch was inspired for the title and some themes from a '70s Super 8 film of an art installation, she recalls: "... this big procession of kind of coquette-style hippies and all these different coloured robes and masks, and it was all to do with colour, really saturated, brightly coloured pastas and balloons. I saw it a couple years ago, and it was called 'Ceremonials' and then, like, Roman numerals after it. And the word sort of stuck with me, and I think the whole idea of performance ...". The album is also influenced by hymns, poems and church bells.
2012 - MTV Unplugged album - "MTV Unplugged"
In 2012, the band released a live album - "MTV Unplugged" (Apr 2012, Universal) - as part of the MTV Unplugged series. It was filmed in December 2011 in New York’s oldest synagogue building, Angel Orensanz Center, with the band being backed by a ten-person choir.
2015 - third studio album - "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful"
The band's long awaited third studio album is called "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful". It was released on May 29, 2015 on Island Records.
2018 - fourth studio album - "High As Hope"
The band's fourth studio album is called "High As Hope". It was released on June 29, 2018 on Republic Records.
Lead singer, Florence Welch, was an art-college drop-out, from Camberwell (London), who was discovered singing Motown covers in a nightclub toilet, drunk. ”The Machine” name originated with an in-joke between Welch and Summers. Musically, Florence + The Machine's sound is sometimes referred to as soul-inspired indie rock. Welch grew up listening to The White Stripes and Kate Bush and says she writes metaphorical songs that are "stories with consequences and weird morality issues."
2008
Florence + The Machine's music has received praise across the British music media, especially from the BBC, who played a large part in their rise to prominence, by bringing them into the spotlight as part of "BBC Introducing" (a program to support unsigned artists) - firstly at South By South West (SXSW) in Austin, Texas in March 2008 and later that year (Sept 2008) the band recorded a full session for the BBC at their Maida Vale studios.
2009 - 2010 - first awards and first studio album - "Lungs"
At the Brit Awards 2009, Florence + The Machine received the Critics' Choice Award at the Brits in the UK. The award was introduced in 2008 (when it was awarded to Adele) and focuses on new and emerging British talent, voted for by a panel of music industry experts.
The band's début album was "Lungs" (Jul 2009, Universal), preceded by third single Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (Jun 2009, Moshi Moshi). "Lungs" went on to become number one in the UK album charts in January 2010, and won the MasterCard British Album award at the 2010 Brits, where they performed a hugely popular collaboration, You've Got the Dirtee Love (live at The Brit Awards 2010) with Dizzee Rascal - a mix of You've Got the Love, the Candi Staton cover from "Dog Days Are Over" (Nov 2008, IAmSound), and Dizzee’s Dirtee Cash (Sept 2009, Dirtee Stank).
2011 - second studio album - "Ceremonials"
The second album "Ceremonials" (31 Oct 2011, Island) - with which Welch was inspired for the title and some themes from a '70s Super 8 film of an art installation, she recalls: "... this big procession of kind of coquette-style hippies and all these different coloured robes and masks, and it was all to do with colour, really saturated, brightly coloured pastas and balloons. I saw it a couple years ago, and it was called 'Ceremonials' and then, like, Roman numerals after it. And the word sort of stuck with me, and I think the whole idea of performance ...". The album is also influenced by hymns, poems and church bells.
2012 - MTV Unplugged album - "MTV Unplugged"
In 2012, the band released a live album - "MTV Unplugged" (Apr 2012, Universal) - as part of the MTV Unplugged series. It was filmed in December 2011 in New York’s oldest synagogue building, Angel Orensanz Center, with the band being backed by a ten-person choir.
2015 - third studio album - "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful"
The band's long awaited third studio album is called "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful". It was released on May 29, 2015 on Island Records.
2018 - fourth studio album - "High As Hope"
The band's fourth studio album is called "High As Hope". It was released on June 29, 2018 on Republic Records.
Sexy People
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#3-Dog Days Are Over Happiness, hit her like a train on a track Coming…
- Rabbit Heart The looking glass so shiny and new How quickly the glamor…
01 Dog Days Are Over Happiness, hit her like a train on a track Coming…
05. Hardest of hearts There is love in your body but you can't hold…
07 You've Got the Love Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the…
100 Years I believe in you and in our hearts we know…
2-hurricane drunk No walls can keep me protected No sleep Nothing in between…
20 Girl With One Eye She told me not to step on the cracks I told…
Addicted to Love The lights are on, but you're not home Your mind is…
All This and Heaven Too And the heart is hard to translate It has a language…
An Offering The looking glass, so shiny and new How quickly the glamour…
Are You Hurting the One You Love Are you hurting the one you love? You say you've found…
As Far as I Could Get In the celestial vaults I drew bedraggled breaths Because …
Back In Town Never really been alive before Always lived in my head And s…
Bedroom Hymns This is as good a place to fall as any We'll…
Between Two Lungs Between two lungs it was released The breath that carried me…
Big God You need a big god Big enough to hold your love You…
Bird Song Well I didn't tell anyone, but a bird flew by Saw…
Blinding Seems that I have been held, in some dreaming state A…
Breaking Down All alone, it was always there you see And even on…
Breath of Life Ha oh I was looking for a breath of life A little…
Call Me Cruella Cruella De Vil, Cruella De Vil She's born to be bad So…
Cassandra I used to see the future And now I see nothing They…
Caught It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do To try…
Choreomania And I am freaking out in the middle of the…
Cosmic Love A falling star Fell from your heart And landed in my eyes I…
Cosmic Love Instrumental A falling star fell from your heart and landed in…
Daffodil I couldn't have it, yes, I let it get in The…
Delilah Drifting through the halls with the sunrise (Holding on for …
Dog Days Are Over Happiness hit her like a train on a track Coming towards…
Dog Days Are Over Remix) Happiness, hit her like a train on a track Coming…
Dream Girl Evil Well, did you miss me? Walk on water just to kiss…
Drumming There's a drumming noise inside my head That starts when yo…
Drumming Song There's a drumming noise inside my head That starts when you…
Drumming Song (Boy 8-Bit Remi There's a drumming noise inside my head It starts when you'…
Drumming Song HQ There's a drumming noise inside my head That starts when yo…
Falling I've fallen out of favor and I've fallen from grace Fallen…
Flakes This song Is one I never thought that I'd play But if…
Free Sometimes I wonder if I should be medicated If I would…
Galaxy of the Lost Hate to think What would happen if I started to…
Ghosts I'm not calling you a liar, just don't lie to…
Girl With 1 Eye She told me not to step on the cracks I told…
Girls Against God What a thing to admit That when someone looks at me…
Got The Love Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the…
Grace I'm sorry I ruined your birthday I guess I could go…
gril with one eye She told me not to step on the cracks I told…
Halo Remember those walls I built Well, baby they're tumbling dow…
Hardest of Hearts There is love in your body but you can't hold…
Haunted House My heart is like a haunted house There's things in there…
Heartlines Oh the river, oh the river, it's running free And oh…
Heaven is Here Oh, bring your salt, bring your cigarette Draw me a circle…
Heavy I was a heavy heart to carry My beloved was weighed…
Heavy in Your Arms I was a heavy heart to carry My beloved was weighed…
Hiding I think you hide When all the world's asleep and tired You…
Hospital Beds There's nothing to do here So just lie and complain In bed…
Hospital Beds (Live from the i There's nothing to do here So, just lie and complain In…
How Big How Blue How Beautiful Between a crucifix and the Hollywood sign, we decided to…
Howl If you could only see the beast you've made of…
Hunger Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh…
Hurricane Drunk No walls can keep me protected No sleep, nothing in between…
I Could Be the One Oh I will be I will be I will be I will be Silence will…
I'm Goin' Down We sit in the car outside your house I can feel…
I'm not calling a liar I'm not calling you a liar, Just don't lie to me. I'm…
I'm Not Calling You a Liar I'm not calling you a liar Just don't lie to me I'm…
I'm Not Calling You A Liar live I'm not calling you a liar, Just don't lie to me. I'm…
I'm so heavy in your arms I was a heavy heart to carry My beloved was weighed…
Im Not Calling You a Liar I'm not calling you a liar Just don't lie to me I'm…
Jackson We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper…
Jenny of Oldstones High in the halls of the kings who are gone Jenny…
June The show was ending and I had started to crack Woke…
King We argue in the kitchen about whether to have children About…
Kiss With a Fist You hit me once, I hit you back You gave a…
Landscape She can't see the landscape anymore It's all painted in her…
Leave My Body I'm gonna be released from behind these lines And don't care…
Light of Love And I came to, walking on the train tracks How did…
Long Lost in the fog, these hollow hills Blood running hot, night…
Lover to Lover I've been losin' sleep I've been keepin' myself awake I've b…
Lungs Between two lungs it was released The breath that carried me…
Make Up Your Mind I never thought I'd be a killer 'Cause there's so much…
Moderation Want me to love you in moderation Do I look moderate…
Morning Elvis When they dressed me and they put me on a…
Mother Oh lord, won't you leave me Leave me on my knees 'Cause…
My Best Dress When your life is over I won't be sad or…
My Boy Builds Coffins My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't buil…
My Builds Coffins My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails He doesn't bui…
My Love Ooh, ooh I was always able to write my way out Song…
Never Let Me Go Looking up from underneath Fractured moonlight on the sea Re…
No Choir And it's hard to write about being happy 'Cause all that…
No Light No Light You are the hole in my head You are the space…
Not Fade Away I'm a-gonna tell you how it's gonna be You're gonna give…
Oh! Darling Oh, darling Please believe me I'll never do you no harm B…
Only If for a Night And I had a dream About my old school And she was…
Over the Love Ever since I was a child I've turned it over in…
Patricia Oh Patricia, you've always been my North Star And I have…
Postcards from Italy The times we had Oh when the wind would blow with…
Prayer Factory All the things that I ran from I now bring as…
Queen of Peace Oh, the king Gone mad within his suffering Called out for re…
Rabbit Heart The looking glass so shiny and new How quickly the glamor…
Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up The looking glass so shiny and new How quickly the glamor…
Remain Nameless I was born in a big gray cloud Screaming out a…
Restraint And have I learned restraint? Am I quiet enough for you…
Seven Devils Holy water cannot help you now A thousand armies couldn't ke…
Shake It Out Regrets collect like old friends Here to relive your darkest…
Ship to Wreck Don't touch the sleeping pills, they mess with my head Dredg…
Sky Full Of Song How deeply are you sleeping Or are you still awake? A good…
South London Forever Oh oh Oh oh And I go home alone I drive past…
Spectrum When we first came here We were cold and we were…
Spectrum - AlunaGeorge Remix Say my name As every colour illuminates We are shining And w…
Spectrum - Maya Jane Coles Remix When we first came here We were cold and we were…
Spectrum feat. Calvin Harris When we first came here We were cold and we were…
St Jude Another conversation with no destination Another battle neve…
Stand By Me When the night has come And the land is dark And the…
Strangeness Hydrogen in our veins It cannot hold itself Our my blood is…
Strangeness & Charm Hydrogen in our veins, it cannot hold itself, my blood…
Strangeness and Charm Hydrogen in our veins It cannot hold itself Our my blood is…
Swimming Your songs remind me of swimming Which I forgot when I…
Swimming (Live From Hammersmit Your songs remind me of swimming Which I forgot when I…
Take Care Know you've been hurt by someone else I can tell by…
The Bomb You said this could've been the best thing That ever happene…
The End of Love I feel nervous in a way that can't be named I…
Third Eye That original lifeline Original lifeline That original lifel…
Tiny Dancer Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band Pretty ey…
Too Much Is Never Enough And the crown it weighs heavy 'Till it's banging on my…
Try a Little Tenderness In the hustle of the day, were all inclined to…
Various Storms & Saints And the air was full Of various storms and saints Parading i…
What Kind of Man I was on a heavy tip Try'na cross a canyon with…
What the Water Gave Me Time it took us To where the water was That's what the…
Which Witch And it's my whole heart Weighed and measured inside And it's…
Ye Olde Hope Old hope got stuck in your throat, Wound it's way round…
You Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the…
You Got The Dirtee Love feat. Dizzie Rascal Everybody wants to be famous Nobody wants to be nameless, a…
You Got The Love Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the…
You've Go the Love Sometimes I feel like throwing My hands up in the air I…
You've Got Love Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the…
You've Got the Dirtee Love Everybody wants to be famous Nobody wants to be nameless, ai…
You've Got the Love Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the…
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Hannah Leitzke
the poem that goes with queen of peace. wow.
"To give yourself over to another body
That’s all you want really
To be out of your own and consumed by another
To swim inside the skin of your lover
Not have to breathe
Not have to think
But you can’t live on love
And salt water’s no drink
We're dying of thirst so we feast on each other
The sea is still our violent mother
The blood round here pours down like water
Each wave a lamb lead to the slaughter
And like children that she just can’t teach
We break, and break, and break
And break ourselves upon the beach"
Florence is truelly a great artist
Loren Elejarza
What kind of man 3:20
How big how blue how beautiful 9:02
St jude 13:00
Ship to wreck 17:35
Queen of peace 22:37
Long & lost 28:23
Mother 31:50
Delilah 35:05
Third eye 40:20
Various storms and saints 45:00
Stephen Andrew
Tracklist
3:20 "What Kind of Man"
9:02 "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (A cappella)"
13:00 "St. Jude"
17:37 "Ship to Wreck"
22:37 "Queen of Peace"
27:59 Monologue
28:24 "Long & Lost"
31:51 "Mother (A cappella)"
33:58 Monologue
35:05 "Delilah"
40:21 "Third Eye"
43:43 "Third Eye (A cappella)"
Ana Lúcia Bertolani
This movie was so weird in a beautiful way to me. Until i heard High as Hope and her interwiews and It made sense in a entirely different way to me. Florence fought eating disorder, drug addiction and even set fire to Bowery Hotel room while drunk. In her own words The bill for the booze where higher than the bill for the room damage. She had also had a painful breakup. High as Hope is post Odyssey, a moment in when she remains sober. This movie is everything she had to deal with, face, accept and forgive in order to be where she is right now. Odyssey is the limbo with her several selves in a constant battle to find herself, change, love and forgive herserlf. Its a inner journey, just like we are in her mind whatching this inner battle to be free and be fine like she is singing in Delliah and being rescued in the last song to repeat acapella " i'm the same i'm the same i'm trying to change" as a mantra. Never understood why the hell she didnt win the Grammys for the album of the year. One day this album will define a whole decade in indie music.
Ana Lúcia Bertolani
@akeirom17 she talks about this issues in south london forever, about fighting anorexia in Hunger. And ship to wreck is about a Wilde party (its her real house in The clip, by The way). I guess in Patrícia she apologizes tô her sister for being there for her in hard times. High as hope is her "sober" album.
akeirom17
Thank you always wanted to know what was about this film series. I loved the entire album. Didn't know she had issues with drugs.
Matheus Mendonça
It already does. A heartwrenching rendition and portrait of the troubled soul of artists
Pat_Mel_Mar
❤❤❤
Emma Gonzalez
“The Odyssey” helped me realize that no one is defined by any one thing, and that it is okay to go through hardships in life and struggle for the meaning of things. Humans, just like life, are complex, vulnerable, yes – even stupid sometimes. But humans are also endearing, learners, lovers, and beautiful creatures. This world is big enough for us all. That’s all that truly matters.
miguél
💓💓💓
It's what You make it
You are so appreciated Emma! Thanks for your thoughts! 💞💫
Raniel Pangilinan
According to Seth Shostak, humans are also the real ancient aliens whether is white or black. Sorry, I just searched that on NBC News.
Joseph Taylor
Well said sister