A Breath of Fresh Air.

I never wanted anything form you except everything you had and what was left after that too

- This has taken forever.... but here is Florence and the machine's debut album...

LUNGS

Tracklist:

1. Dog Days Are Over - 8/10

2. Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)-8/10

3. I'm Not Calling You A Liar-7/10

4. Howl-9/10

5. Kiss With A Fist-7/10

6. Girl With One Eye-7/10

7. Drumming song-9/10

8. Between Two Lungs-8/10

9. Cosmic Love-9/10

10. My Boy Builds Coffins-8/10

11. Hurricane Drunk-7/10

12. Blinding-8/10

13. You've Got The Love-8/10

Raised with no musical training except a few singling lessons it would seem hard for a south-london girl to crack the charts. By the age of 12 Florence Welch had already formed her own punk band, "The toxic cockroaches" with only a drummer and her voice. Upon leaving school and joining art college, Florence became involved with the punk band , "the ludes". This was the trigger that started her musical career and soon rocketed her in to stardom winging the critics choice award.

Lungs is mainly about the break up of Florence and her boyfriend from 'the ludes". Songs such as 'drumming song' are about the frustration and emotions felt upon seeing him. Each song seem very emotional and you can almost imagine someone screaming them out upon a cliff. With opening single of "dog days" followed by the second single " rabbit heart", the album begins with a strong opening. Tracks such as "I'm not calling you liar" and "hurricane drunk" might not be as powerful as other tracks yet show a more melodic simplistic side contrasting with the more violent "kiss with a fist" and " girl with one eye". Each song is built upon the simplest chords and patterns, "my body builds coffins" is only based round three chords while the self-devised song of "between to lungs' florence describes as just banding around on the keyboard one night. My 3 favorite songs off this album are, Howl, Cosmic love and Drumming song. Howl being the probably most powerful song with great lyrics, Cosmic love with a mystical harp, being the most atmospheric song and Drumming song, a catchy tune rippling with rhythm, something Beyonce would die for.

NME MUST HAVE BEEN SMASHED OF THEIR FACES TO GIVE THIS 7.

9.5

DOWNLOAD: HOWL, DRUMMING SONG,COSMIC LOVE AND MY BODY BUILDS COFFINS.+ THE WHOLE ALBUM.

Drumming Song Howl: