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DearAll,
Iyourereadingthis,itsbecauseyoureoneotheortunateviewerstohavewitnessedlastnightsmajesticperormanceoFlorence+TheMachineatLondonshistoricHackneyEmpireromthecomortoyourcomputer/laptop,orsimilar.
Itwasaspecialperormanceornumerousreasons-notleast,itwasthelastchancetowitnessFlorenceandbandinEuropebeore2011easestoaclose.Letalonetheactthatitwasaprivilegedopportunitytowitnesssuchanintimatelivedebutosongsromthelong-awaitedsecondalbum,Ceremonials,setagainstanallnewstageshow,andwithguestmusicianstoboot.
Thankyouorbeingapartotheexperience.Wehopethatyoumightbeabletoutilisethissmallvisualmementootheeveningtojogsomeavourablememoriesinthecomingweeksandyears.Or,orthoseabitlesspatienttorelivetheexperience,pleasetakenotethataChannelspecial,eaturinganin-depthinterviewwithNickGrimshaw,willbeairedonChannelonNovember6that11.30pm,andrepeatedonT4.Checkorenceandthemachine.net orurther
detailsnearerthetime.
WellleaveyounowwithsomepartingwordsandquotesromFlorencewithrelationtothenewmusicaldirectionandinspirationorCeremonials. Untilnexttime.
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Alotcanhappentoadaydreaminggirlintheworld,andinthelastewyears, its
allhappenedorFlorence.Thedebutalbumshedreamtupinherbedroom
in SouthLondonburst into being and swept theplanet, selling over three
millioncopies,winningthecovetedBritsBestAlbumawardandetchingitsel
indeliblyintothepopularconsciousness.Nowshehasbeeneverywhere:the
girlhasseentheworldandtheworldhasseenthegirl. Andatermonthsolayinglow onhometur,writingandrecording intheLondonsheslongbeenin
lovewith,Florencereturnswithhertriumphantsecondalbum. Ceremonials is
astunninglyaccomplishedrecordbyanartistteeteringonthewind-blowntop
ohergame,anextraordinarytestamenttowhatFlorencereerstoasmy
incorrigiblemaximalism.ThepoundingepiphanicpositivismoSpectrum;
thegallopingmassed-ranksmajestyoAllThisAndHeavenTooandShake
ItOut; the triumphant emotional battle cries o NoLightNoLight and
Heartlines.SpendalittletimewithCeremonialsandwhatstrikesyourst
andoremostistheapparentcondenceoitsexecution.
This is the rst time Ive made a record with a sort o overarching, cohesive
sound says Florence: Its a proper studio album in that sense: a group o
songs that paint a unied picture o where I am in my lie right now.
RecordedwithherullbandoverveweeksthissummerinAbbeyRoads
legendary Studio 3, Ceremonials is another product o her long-running
collaboration with producer Paul Epworth. Together theyve created an
expansive art-pop vision that can be both captivatingly tender while still
requentlysoaringtoplaceswhereitcanoverwhelmthesenseslikeanemotive
tidalwave.
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Itsarich tapestrythatunpickstheconventionsoclassicpop,shoots them
through a black hole and reconstitutes them into a multi-layered, uture-
primitivestomp.Andunderpinningitall,Florencesbeguiling,epicvocals.A
maturemasterpiecethatconrmsitscreatorisinorthelonghaul.
I eel like its a record made by someone becoming a woman, becoming agrown-up. And its about all the problems that go hand-in-hand with that says
Florence. Lungs was very much the work o someone wrestling with sort
o simultaneously being a teenager and being an adult. This is the work o
someone whos trying to grow up I guess? But probably ailing.
Attwentyve,theart-schooldropouthasdonemuchohergrowingupamid
themaelstromoherwhirlingworldwidesuccess.In2010shebrokeAmerica
in spectacular style, her monster hit Dog Days blazing a trail across the
nation,takingthechartsandtheairwavesbystorm.Shewroteandrecordeda
heart-stoppingtrackorthe Twilight:Eclipse soundtrackandperormed Dog
Days toaraptandtrulyglobalaudienceattheMTV VMAawards.The
viewinggureswerealmostabillion,andtheollowingdayFlorencewasthe
mostGoogledpersonontheplanet.
In the last year shes graced the stages o Saturday Night Live, Good
MorningAmerica, TheColbertReport,the53rdGrammyAwards-where
sheperormedaspartoanall-girl,all-starArethaFranklintributeandwas
nominatedorBestNewArtist-the83rd AcademyAwards,AnnaWintours
obscenelystar-studdedannualMetBall,andtheNobelPeacePrizeceremony
inOslo.
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TimeMagazinerankedheratnumberty-oneintheir2011listotheone
hundredmostinuentialpeopleintheworld. Shehasofciallygraduatedrom
up-and-comingashioninuencetoull-blownstyleicon.Sheshungoutwith
hermusicalheroesandheardtheirblessingsandgushingpraise.EvenBeyonc
hasacknowledgedthatFlorenceandTheMachinewasakeyinuenceonher
lastalbum.
Its certainly a very diferent thing this time around: making an album that you
know a lot o people are anticipating reects Florence; but Ive just tried to
do what I wouldve done anyway. This one is a real attempt to just make exactly
the kind o music I want to hear: dramatic and really huge and kind o spooky.
I want it more than anything to have an overwhelming efect on the listener: I
want it to make people eel something. Feel something you irreutably will.
Far rom being one o those sell-out-and-go-pop second records that so many
promising new artists settle or, Ceremonials is a wholly more experimental
and challenging body o work. I wanted to push the aggression o the sound
Florence says; Bigger drums, bigger bass sounds: as big and as powerul
as we could go. We did much more experimenting this time with electronic
sounds, but overall I think weve ended up with a more organic-sounding album.Its a kind o organized chaos.
Since her days o art college and squat parties and gigs in grotty pubs,
the lie o Florence Welch has gone all the way into the stratosphere.
With Ceremonials, Florenceisbackromouterspaceandbacktowhatit
isshedoesbest,makingorward-thinking,unclassiable,trulyoverwhelming
music.
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Some artists respond to a successul debut album by reacting against it;
attemptingtodisowntheveryqualitiesthatdrewpeopletothemintherst
place. I couldnt do that i I tried!saysFlorence.Lungs seemed like so
many records rolled into one that I wouldnt even know what Id be reacting
against. Instead, Florence Welch has dramatically delivered on the promises
o Lungs. Its a big-sounding album? I guess theres no getting around that.Im attracted to that sense o being overwhelmed by something. I theres a
chance that I might respond that way while these songs are playing around me,
then someone else might too. And thats surely the , isnt it?
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Florence & The Machine - Live at Hackney Empire - 25/10/
Photo Gallery. Photographer Credit: Connor Gilhooly & Fiona
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Florence&TheMachine-LiveatHackneyEmpire-25/10/
PhotoGallery.PhotographerCredit:ConnorGilhooly&Fiona
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Florence & The Machine - Live at Hackney Empire - 25/10/
Photo Gallery. Photographer Credit: Connor Gilhooly & Fiona
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Florence&TheMachine-LiveatHackneyEmpire-25/10/11
Setlist.
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