Music Review
Florence + the Machine tones down the melodrama on 'High as Hope'
Fear not Florence Welch remains one of pop music's heartbreak chroniclers in chief, she just gets her point across in a more peaceful way on this album
Whenever you're heartbroken or going through some kind of emotional tumult, music often serves as a kind of auditory wine. It gets your feelings drunk in the most deliciously melancholic way and acts as a kind balm for your psychological aches and pains.
Over the years Florence Welch's Florence + the Machine have shown a particular aptitude for dispensing the kind of melodramatic heartbreak music that goes perfectly with a glass of wine and solo slipper dance in your living room as a tear creeps down your cheek. Her latest album, High as Hope, is no exception, though she seems to have simmered down ever so slightly.
If you've ever had any experience with Florence + the Machine then you'll be aware of Welch's power. Thanks to her moodily histrionic voice and her poetic songwriting, she has managed to carve herself a lane as one of pop music's heartbreak chroniclers in chief.
WATCH | The music video for Big God from Florence + the Machine's new album High as Hope..
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