Florence & The Machine - Lungs

The hotly anticipated debut from Florence Welch et al was released in 6th July 2009, same week as Bombay Bicycle Club and both of Island Records. The record builds on the anthemic and euphoric sound first debuted on early single releases of ‘Dog Days Are Over’ and ‘Rabbit Heart’, however it is taken to a wholly impressive new level and is at it’s strongest point on tracks such as ‘Howl’ and ‘Cosmic Song’. It’s hard to “pigeon hole” the sound of Florence & The Machine, being somewhere between Soul, Baroque and at times a more expressive kind of Indie Pop… I hate putting things into Genres anyway… You have probably heard the cover of ‘You Got The Love’ which features as the last song on the album, and if you were lucky enough to get the 2 disc limited edition release you were also treated to ‘Bird Song’ which should have taken the place of ‘You Got The Love’ on the album in my opinion, but before ‘Blinding’ so that would be the last song…

Easily one of the best records of the year, peaking at number 2 in the UK Charts (Not that that is important!) and taking ‘Florence Robot Is A Machine’ (Thanks Wiki!) from underground indie cult Heroine to mainstream media Princess.

Favourite Songs: Girl With One Eye, Howl, Hurricane Drunk, Drumming Song