The album opens with the single “Hunger” and the first lines are: “At seventeen I started to starve myself” which sets the tone of the album. It’s brutally honest and real. The fleeting highs and lows of youth along with its insecurities hover around the rest of the album.

“South London Forever” is a beautiful, poetic track which feels like going home for the summer. Florence recalls being “young and drunk and stumbling in the street,” climbing onto roofs and holding hands with boys in bands.

She sings: “The world is at your fingertips / It doesn’t get better than this / What else could be better than this”. In this track, Florence flirts with nostalgia and manages to capture something that feels collectively reminiscent. “South London Forever” is both a deeply personal song that also perfectly captures the universal hopefulness of youth.

“Big God” is a stunning soul ballad which opens with Florence’s voice alone with a minimalist, dark and edgy piano backing. The track crescendos into a deeply enjoyable demonstration of exactly how powerful Florence’s vocals can be. The song is a further example of Welch’s talent as not just a singer, but as a composer.

“Patricia” is a little more similar to what we’ve heard from early Florence. It’s colorful, indie and full of musical quirks. It’s definitely a song for a sunny day at a festival as opposed to a song to help a broken heart. “100 years” is also gorgeous and “No Choir” feels like it comes to terms with the pain and loneliness of all her music.

All in all, Florence and the Machine’s new album is superb. It captures the fear of being venerable and the wonderfulness of love whilst also admitting to hiding from the thunder and being exhausted from the party. Florence captures the fleeting hope of youth and raises it beyond nostalgia and into the present. High as Hope is an album which is deeply comfortable in its own skin and is subtle, modest and genuinely beautiful.

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The video shows what looks like a group of colorful, dancing ghosts on a puddle of dark water.

“‘Big God’ was written about that feeling when someone has not replied to your text, the modern phenomenon of ‘ghosting’ which is one of my favorite words but not my favorite feeling,” Florence said about the track.

“I was describing it to someone and they said to me ‘you need a big god’, as if the need in me were so cavernous it would take something enormous to fill it. Probably something bigger than a text message.”

She added: “It’s always been a very physical song, I saw a dance piece  in my head as I was writing it, so to co choreograph something with Akram Khan was a huge honor. Autumn de Wilde fully understood what I was trying to do. The power of the desire within the void. Left with yourself to rage and wonder. And really it is yourself you are raging against. Not the ghost.”

The track will feature on Florence’s upcoming album High as Hope which is due for release later this month.

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The tour will kick-off on August 5th in Canada with a show in Montreal and will see the band also playing in cities like San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Las Vegas, New York, Boston, Chicago, and Toronto. The tour will wrap up on October 20th with a show in Minneapolis’ Target Center.

Florence + the Machine are not coming alone, since most of the tour dates will feature supporting acts like St. Vincent, Kamasi Washington, Billie Eilish, Beth Ditto, Grizzly Bear and Perfume Genius.

Florence + the Machine will release their highly anticipated fourth studio album High as Hope on June 29th, 2018. The band already released two singles from the album, “Sky Full of Song” and “Hunger.”

Check out the Florence + the Machine North America tour dates below.

Aug. 5 — Montreal, QC @ Osheaga
Aug. 9 — Lake Tahoe, NV @ Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys
Aug. 11 — San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
Sept. 8 — Vancouver, BC @ Skookum Festival
Sept. 10 — Seattle, WA @ KeyArena
Sept. 11 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
Sept. 14 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center
Sept. 15 — Denver, CO @ Grandoozy Festival
Sept. 22 — Las Vegas, NV @ Life Is Beautiful
Sept. 23 — San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl San Diego State University
Sept. 25 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
Sept. 29 — Dallas, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Sept. 30 — Houston, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Oct. 2 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Oct. 3 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
Oct. 5 — Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem
Oct. 9 — New York, NY @ Barclays Center
Oct. 12 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Oct. 13 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
Oct. 14 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
Oct. 16 — Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Oct. 19 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
Oct. 20 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center

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The album opens with the single “Hunger” and the first lines are: “At seventeen I started to starve myself” which sets the tone of the album. It’s brutally honest and real. The fleeting highs and lows of youth along with its insecurities hover around the rest of the album.

“South London Forever” is a beautiful, poetic track which feels like going home for the summer. Florence recalls being “young and drunk and stumbling in the street,” climbing onto roofs and holding hands with boys in bands.

She sings: “The world is at your fingertips / It doesn’t get better than this / What else could be better than this”. In this track, Florence flirts with nostalgia and manages to capture something that feels collectively reminiscent. “South London Forever” is both a deeply personal song that also perfectly captures the universal hopefulness of youth.

“Big God” is a stunning soul ballad which opens with Florence’s voice alone with a minimalist, dark and edgy piano backing. The track crescendos into a deeply enjoyable demonstration of exactly how powerful Florence’s vocals can be. The song is a further example of Welch’s talent as not just a singer, but as a composer.

“Patricia” is a little more similar to what we’ve heard from early Florence. It’s colorful, indie and full of musical quirks. It’s definitely a song for a sunny day at a festival as opposed to a song to help a broken heart. “100 years” is also gorgeous and “No Choir” feels like it comes to terms with the pain and loneliness of all her music.

All in all, Florence and the Machine’s new album is superb. It captures the fear of being venerable and the wonderfulness of love whilst also admitting to hiding from the thunder and being exhausted from the party. Florence captures the fleeting hope of youth and raises it beyond nostalgia and into the present. High as Hope is an album which is deeply comfortable in its own skin and is subtle, modest and genuinely beautiful.

The post Florence and the Machine’s “High as Hope” is Brutally Honest and Real appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

The video shows what looks like a group of colorful, dancing ghosts on a puddle of dark water.

“‘Big God’ was written about that feeling when someone has not replied to your text, the modern phenomenon of ‘ghosting’ which is one of my favorite words but not my favorite feeling,” Florence said about the track.

“I was describing it to someone and they said to me ‘you need a big god’, as if the need in me were so cavernous it would take something enormous to fill it. Probably something bigger than a text message.”

She added: “It’s always been a very physical song, I saw a dance piece  in my head as I was writing it, so to co choreograph something with Akram Khan was a huge honor. Autumn de Wilde fully understood what I was trying to do. The power of the desire within the void. Left with yourself to rage and wonder. And really it is yourself you are raging against. Not the ghost.”

The track will feature on Florence’s upcoming album High as Hope which is due for release later this month.

The post Florence and the Machine Share Stunning New Music Video appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

The tour will kick-off on August 5th in Canada with a show in Montreal and will see the band also playing in cities like San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Las Vegas, New York, Boston, Chicago, and Toronto. The tour will wrap up on October 20th with a show in Minneapolis’ Target Center.

Florence + the Machine are not coming alone, since most of the tour dates will feature supporting acts like St. Vincent, Kamasi Washington, Billie Eilish, Beth Ditto, Grizzly Bear and Perfume Genius.

Florence + the Machine will release their highly anticipated fourth studio album High as Hope on June 29th, 2018. The band already released two singles from the album, “Sky Full of Song” and “Hunger.”

Check out the Florence + the Machine North America tour dates below.

Aug. 5 — Montreal, QC @ Osheaga
Aug. 9 — Lake Tahoe, NV @ Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys
Aug. 11 — San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
Sept. 8 — Vancouver, BC @ Skookum Festival
Sept. 10 — Seattle, WA @ KeyArena
Sept. 11 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
Sept. 14 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center
Sept. 15 — Denver, CO @ Grandoozy Festival
Sept. 22 — Las Vegas, NV @ Life Is Beautiful
Sept. 23 — San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl San Diego State University
Sept. 25 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
Sept. 29 — Dallas, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Sept. 30 — Houston, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Oct. 2 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Oct. 3 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
Oct. 5 — Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem
Oct. 9 — New York, NY @ Barclays Center
Oct. 12 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Oct. 13 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
Oct. 14 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
Oct. 16 — Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Oct. 19 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
Oct. 20 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center

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