Florence and the Machine 'Lungs' // 06-07-09

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Florence and the Machine 'Lungs' // 06-07-09, Includes the new single 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)' —

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jakee View member profile	21st April 2009, 12:54 AM Post #1
i thought you wore the hairpiece for style Pronouns: · Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,456 User: 47	Out in July, 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)' is the new single —


Joao. View member profile	21st April 2009, 01:15 AM Post #2
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 10 January 2007 Posts: 17,430 User: 2,497	Looking forward to this, the last single was v. good


Ashley View member profile	21st April 2009, 01:48 AM Post #3
I am the milk maid that killed all the cows Pronouns: Preston, via the Iberian peninsula Joined: 12 March 2006 Posts: 5,361 User: 187	Yes please. I need some new quirky female folky jingles. I've worn out all the ones I've got.


jakee View member profile	21st April 2009, 02:28 AM Post #4
i thought you wore the hairpiece for style Pronouns: · Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,456 User: 47	QUOTE(Ashley @ Apr 21 2009, 02:48 AM) Yes please. I need some new quirky female folky jingles. I've worn out all the ones I've got. A lot of the record is very disco/electro...


nickthenoodle View member profile	23rd April 2009, 06:14 PM Post #5
livin' legend you can look but don't touch Joined: 18 November 2007 Posts: 7,978 User: 4,844	Anyone know anything about this supposed EP release on April 28th? The only place that seems to say anything about it is Wiki A Lot of Love A Lot of Blood? US release of 4 tracks already on UK iTunes it would seem This post has been edited by nickthenoodle: 23rd April 2009, 06:15 PM


Ashley View member profile	23rd April 2009, 10:54 PM Post #6
I am the milk maid that killed all the cows Pronouns: Preston, via the Iberian peninsula Joined: 12 March 2006 Posts: 5,361 User: 187	QUOTE(Jake @ Apr 21 2009, 03:28 AM) A lot of the record is very disco/electro... Are you joking?


jakee View member profile	23rd April 2009, 10:55 PM Post #7
i thought you wore the hairpiece for style Pronouns: · Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,456 User: 47	QUOTE(Ashley @ Apr 23 2009, 11:54 PM) Are you joking? Nope. There's an album preview somewhere. I'll paste it if you wish?


Ashley View member profile	23rd April 2009, 10:58 PM Post #8
I am the milk maid that killed all the cows Pronouns: Preston, via the Iberian peninsula Joined: 12 March 2006 Posts: 5,361 User: 187	QUOTE(Jake @ Apr 23 2009, 11:55 PM) Nope. There's an album preview somewhere. I'll paste it if you wish? Yeah please I thought she would be going in the same direction of Dog Days. I really like the feel of that song.


jakee View member profile	23rd April 2009, 10:59 PM Post #9
i thought you wore the hairpiece for style Pronouns: · Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,456 User: 47	Drowned in Sound Preview \|\| Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) WTF? The new single is a complete stylistic volte face, a big boomy disco thing, all bewildering squalls of multilayered, choir-ish background vocals and ultra-glossy synths. Buried someplace deep beneath all of this is the real Florence, who appears to be screaming her lungs out, but is so buried under the insanely busy instrumentation that she sounds totally anonymous, a generic dance diva. It’s so bewildering in terms of its everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach that maybe it needs a few more listens before one should actively accuse it of being bad. But in my notes I wrote ‘like a really gay Sarah McLachlan’. Which may not be a recommendation. Howl More disco. More bombast. Somehow manages to sound like the theme tune to some faintly depressing Saturday teatime show from the Eighties. Occasionally you can make out some words. Seems to be singing something about “bloody feet”. Could be interesting. Can't really tell, I am too distracted by being smacked about the head with a mallet hewn from disco kitsch. I’m Not Calling You a Liar Full on adult contemporary territory with this harp-smeared ballad. Potentially quite affecting were it done in her old style, i.e. stripped arrangement and lungs cranked to 11. Can’t tell because after about two seconds the song’s head is grabbed and shoved underwater in a nauseating sea of multi-tracked Florences. She is her own one woman X-Factor choir. This is horrible. Drumming Song So once upon a time Florence used to bash a stand up drum and it was quite cool, giving a rough, bluesy feel to an essentially pop endeavour. Yeah, f* that, let’s just go for massively loud processed beats, the sort so bombastic they make you want to snort a yard of coke, beat the $h!t out of tramp, and scream “f* YES” at the sky. It’s so utterly nerve-jangling you could charitably describe it as some sort of experiment. Very charitably. Again, Florence appears to be singing something quite interesting, but I can’t really hear her. I’m being beaten to death by a twat with a computer. Cosmic Love Sparse, harpy ballad. Or at least that’s how it starts. Am already braced for impact. After mithering around MOR-ishly for a bit, Flo croons out the line ”so I’ll stay in the darkness with you” virtually a capella. Maybe there will be no rapey over-production here? Alas no. It is a bit like the point in the horror film where the victim thinks everything is alright and then their face gets stabbed off. Only instead of a knife, Florence has opted for the blunter instrument of more bloody drums and a kajillion multi-tracked versions of herself, screeching away. Is it possible to take out a restraining order against a chorus? I would hope so. Hurricane Sounds like Dido for about 20 seconds. I want to write ‘it’s a relief from the over-production’, but it’s not, really. And besides you can probably guess what happens after those 20 seconds. IT GETS REALLY LOUD AND PAINFUL. Like Meatloaf, but without the joy. Girl With One Eye ...aaaaaaaaaaaaand the old Florence returns. A bit. This blackly whimsical blues fairytale has barely been tampered with since its original incarnation. You can make out the lyrics and everything. It’s pretty good. Oh, except for the last minute where Flo’n’James realise that they forgot to ruin it with studio excess and promptly do so. Cheers guys. You Got the Love Her Candi Staton cover. Oddly the listening party is deemed over as soon as it starts, the music turned down and the various parties who were earnestly nodding their heads a moment before now chatting away furiously. So DiS can't hear it properly. Not necessarily a bad thing. Soooooooo in conclusion: 1. The full tracklisting includes ‘Kiss With A Fist’ and other older material, meaning the awfulness will probably be watered down a little. 2. It is quite possible that the horrendous bottom end was a byproduct of the sound set up at the playback. 3. You never know, it might be a grower. 4. That all accepted, DiS can definitely, definitely report to you that once-promising artiste Florence Welch has sold her soul to Beelzebub in hopes of becoming an adult contemporary chart star. Lungs is just quirky enough to keep NME onside/allow her to blame everything on James Ford if it doesn’t sell, but that doesn’t detract from the fact she's well on course to spend eternity burning in a lesser circle of hell. Where she’ll hopefully be made to listen to this record, over and over again. Oh, and the cover looks like this:


Joao. View member profile	23rd April 2009, 11:22 PM Post #10
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 10 January 2007 Posts: 17,430 User: 2,497	love the cover


Ashley View member profile	24th April 2009, 12:06 AM Post #11
I am the milk maid that killed all the cows Pronouns: Preston, via the Iberian peninsula Joined: 12 March 2006 Posts: 5,361 User: 187	They're really savage with that review. I don't think it's going to be as bad as they make out. I really want something that rivals Dog Days though...that's my only wish for this album.


LG View member profile	26th April 2009, 03:53 PM Post #12
New Entry Joined: 26 April 2009 Posts: 8 User: 8,733	powerful cover. I am looking forward to this since the brits, but... electro? really?


nickthenoodle View member profile	28th April 2009, 07:08 PM Post #13
livin' legend you can look but don't touch Joined: 18 November 2007 Posts: 7,978 User: 4,844	It seems Florence has abandonned her roots Shame really, I hope the album is better than this review makes out


jakee View member profile	28th April 2009, 07:14 PM Post #14
i thought you wore the hairpiece for style Pronouns: · Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,456 User: 47	'Rabbit Heart' really isn't all that difference from her standard stuff just very messy 'everything but the kitchen sink' sort of instrumentation as the review suggested but it's got all those idiosyncracies I've come to expect from Florence. It's quite captivating and musically challenging. Very interesting, a real step up on 'Dog Days' tbqf


Ashley View member profile	29th April 2009, 09:36 PM Post #15
I am the milk maid that killed all the cows Pronouns: Preston, via the Iberian peninsula Joined: 12 March 2006 Posts: 5,361 User: 187	I don't see what's disco about Rabbit Heart at all... I really like the pre-chorus and the chorus, the verses have yet to grow on me though. Is there a CDQ of Rabbit Heart? The one I've got isn't great quality.


.... View member profile	29th April 2009, 11:07 PM Post #16
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p a v View member profile	3rd May 2009, 07:18 AM Post #17
thanks for being a sarcy lil bitch Joined: 25 September 2007 Posts: 79,277 User: 4,397	Does anyone has an mp3 of it? I'd be very greatful Actually found it myself. I really like it! This post has been edited by I'm Not A Robot: 3rd May 2009, 08:32 AM


Harve View member profile	7th May 2009, 05:46 PM Post #18
Cœur poids plume Joined: 3 November 2007 Posts: 18,129 User: 4,718	http://www.authoritydesign.com/florence/ra...ovid_rabbit.htm Normally not worth posting but the video looks interesting


p a v View member profile	7th May 2009, 05:58 PM Post #19
thanks for being a sarcy lil bitch Joined: 25 September 2007 Posts: 79,277 User: 4,397	Wow. Breathtaking.


Ashley View member profile	7th May 2009, 07:14 PM Post #20
I am the milk maid that killed all the cows Pronouns: Preston, via the Iberian peninsula Joined: 12 March 2006 Posts: 5,361 User: 187	Wow. The video looks like it's gonna be great!