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London, England (2007 – present)

Florence + The Machine formed in 2007 in London, England. The band is the recording name of singer/songwriter Florence Welch & a collaboration of other artists who provide backing music for her voice; Florence Welch is the band’s only constant member. The current touring lineup of the band is Florence Welch (vocals), Robert Ackroyd (guitar), Isabella Summers (keyboards), Tom Monger (harp), Christopher Lloyd Hayden (drums).

Florence is an art-college dropout from Camberwell, London, who was discovered singing Motown covers in a nightclub toilet, drunk. Musically Florence and the Machine’s sound is generally referred to as soul inspired indie rock.

Welch, who grew up listening to The White Stripes and Kate Bush, says she writes metaphorical songs that are “stories with consequences and weird morality issues,” She gets her material from a variety of sources and experiences. Florence And The Machine’s music has received praise across the British music media, especially from the BBC who have played a large part in their rise to prominence by bringing them into the spotlight as part of BBC Introducing. At the Brit Awards 2009 Florence picked up the Critics Choice Award; a category introduced in 2008 focusing on new talent, voted for by a panel of music industry experts.

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8	I'm Not Calling You A Liar full track	11,578
9	Girl With One Eye full track	10,905
10	My Boy Builds Coffins full track	10,174
11	Between Two Lungs full track	9,866
12	Hurricane Drunk full track	9,697
13	Blinding full track	9,084
14	Bird Song full track	3,473
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lifemusicmedia wrote:
yesterday evening

Florence and The Machine at Laneway Festival, Brisbane Australia 2010 - Photos gallery at LifeMusicMedia.com --> http://lifemusicmedia.com/?p=6767

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mDante wrote:
yesterday evening

I really hope that her next EP will be Cosmic Love. I've imagined this science-fiction-like scenery, with Flo floating in space, trough stars and planets, and then she sees this enormous, throbbing heart coming from behind of a sun, and as the heart keeps getting closer it dims the light of everything else - and then a huge explosion, with Florence flying backwards and into the core of another sun... Just loose this dancing-thingy. It's getting quite frustrating and ridiculous.

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Radee wrote:
yesterday evening

cosmic love!!

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Radiurnt wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Blinding, Howl + Swimming ♥

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Spedfrom wrote:
yesterday afternoon

You go girl! <3

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N0vas wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Rabbit Heart ! :-)

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AlderWright wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Bring back rainbow to the hetero boys!

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zlodejko wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Both Florence and Lily are great!

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lovelyradish wrote:
yesterday morning

"Except Lily Allen is better than Florence. " Yeah that's true, except for the fact that Florence is ten times better than Lily.

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brilhar wrote:
yesterday morning

Howl <3

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moonwatcher24 wrote:
yesterday morning

I'm seeing her on March 16th :D :D :D And La Roux on the 13th :)

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Mad_Dingo704 wrote:
yesterday morning

Except Lily Allen is better than Florence.

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diamondsyndrome wrote:
Monday evening

Lungs will render kate nash, lily allen and anyone else of that ilk completely irrelevant

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doctorbagr wrote:
Monday evening

Love them soooo much. Mostly her.

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Cmuchal wrote:
Monday evening

When I heard "You've Got The Love". I Had gooseflesh :)

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guniape wrote:
Monday evening

amazing <3

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spanishdreams wrote:
Monday afternoon

Cosmic Love is one of the best songs I've ever heard [2]

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SinsWritter wrote:
Monday afternoon

Highly addictive! You've got to love Florence!

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paulobc wrote:
Monday afternoon

loving the album, my favorite songs are drumming song e hurricane drunk

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JescaWho wrote:
Monday afternoon

Yeah get lungs hurr http://outroversion.blogspot.com/2010/02/florence-and-machine-lungs-2009.html

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