Florence Welch has a big voice and a great attitude, arms open wide she lets everybody in with a dreamy, exciting, banging attitude and a full band and a full voice. “There’s a big sign here that says “STEPS” she told us, to remind Florence, who broke her foot earlier this year at Coachella, not to jump. She jumped any way.
How Big, How Beautiful, How Blue – Florence + The Machine -Florence opens with her best song and continues through the travails of alcoholic and heartbreak, beautiful sung ballads, powerful anthemic fast ones, and always that voice, possibly the best in the business in a post-Amy Winehouse world – ALBUM OF THE WEEK – A-
Muse has established a sound and a look, dark and damn serious, with retro-sci-fi-looking outfits, they performed as if they were doing a Shakespearian play with battles directed by David Lynch and scored by Ennio Morricone,… well they used ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’ at one point.
St. Jude – Florence + The Machine – Ever since seeing a lousy set at Radio City, Florence Welch sure felt like a lost cause but this full bloodied ballad feels like a return to form; a gorgeous, powerful song that should make its way up the charts with ease – A
