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Florence + The Machine Album Reportedly Coming In 2018

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Word on the street is that a new album from the GRAMMY-nominated band is coming this year
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
Feb 9, 2018 - 4:41 pm

Since the announcements that Florence + The Machine would be performing their first live shows in nearly two years at Orange Warsaw Festival in Poland and Melt! Festival in Germany, there's been rumblings that a new album from the GRAMMY-nominated band could be on the horizon. Some sources have been doing a little investigation, and word on the street is a 2018 album is almost guaranteed.

Consequence of Sound has done good looking out, and they note a couple factors pointing toward a 2018 Florence + The Machine release. First, Virgin Records CEO Ted Cockle revealed in a blog post on the label's website, "We are looking forward to great new music from Florence + The Machine, Blossoms, Chvrches, James Bay, and Shawn Mendes," in the coming year.

Additional evidence came from the biography page of band collaborator/orchestral arranger Sally Herbert. Not only did she contribute arrangements that livened up the sonic pallet of 2015's How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, for Florence + The Machine Herbert listed "string arrangements on forthcoming album" under the list of projects she has completed.

During the hiatus from making new music, frontwoman Florence Welch has certainly been busy. In October 2017, Welch hosted a BBC documentary on the late David Bowie. She's also been working on a book of lyrics, poetry and artwork called Useless Magic that's slated for release July 5.

As far as new music though, only time will tell when we get to hear what the Machine has cooked up for listeners next. But we shouldn't have to wait too much longer.

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Florence & The Machine Plot Return At 2018 Melt Festival In Germany

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GRAMMY-nominated band will make their way back to the big stage next year for Germany's annual music fest
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
Nov 14, 2017 - 4:17 pm

With a sweeping sonic landscape, it only takes one listen to recognize the powerful sound of Florence & The Machine. Though things have been quiet for the GRAMMY-nominated band since 2016, it looks like there will be some activity in the new year.

Florence And The Machine - Touring

Florence & The Machine have been announced as headliners for the Ferropolis, Germany-based Melt Festival taking place July 13–15, 2018, along with the xx. Other musicians slated to perform include Tyler, The Creator, Nina Kraviz, Mura Masa, and the Black Madonna.

First out  Don't miss your only chance to see this perfect combination next summer! https://t.co/RJZR2G7Y5j pic.twitter.com/wo2LI7czwH

— Melt Festival (@meltfestival) November 14, 2017

Does this new performance announcement signal that Florence & The Machine will be releasing a new album soon? Only time will tell.

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Lily Allen, Florence + The Machine Shortlisted For 2018 Mercury Prize

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The prestigious prize honors the best album released in the U.K. by a British or Irish artist
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
Jul 26, 2018 - 4:34 pm

For British or Irish musicians who released an album in the U.K. this past year, today is a big day. The 2018 nominations for the prestigious Mercury Prize, which celebrates the best albums of the year, have been announced.

This year's shortlist for the Mercury Prize includes 12 albums from a diverse group of artists: Florence + The Machine's High As Hope, Lily Allen's No Shame, the Arctic Monkeys' Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, Jorja Smith's Lost & Found, and Wolf Alice's Visions Of A Life. The list is rounded out with albums from Everything Everything, Everything Is Recorded, King Krule, Nadine Shah, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Novelist, and Sons Of Kemet.

Nominees for the 2018 prize were selected by a panel of 12 judges, including industry professionals, broadcasters, journalists, and musicians such as Lianne La Hava and Marcus Mumford. They narrowed more than 200 entries down to the 12 revealed today during a live presentation with BBC Music.

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino has been nominated for the 2018 Mercury Prize - https://t.co/7WUIyJ7uo2 pic.twitter.com/eEEziAWoul

— Arctic Monkeys (@ArcticMonkeys) July 26, 2018

"This year's Hyundai Mercury Prize celebrates albums by musicians at all stages of their careers, but with a shared belief in the importance of music for navigating life's challenges — whether personal or political, falling in or out of love, growing up or looking back, angry or ecstatic," the judges said in a statement. "The music here is funny and inspiring, smart and moving."

Since the award's inception in 1992, 26 albums have been crowned as U.K.'s finest. Past recipients of the Mercury Prize include 2017's recipient singer/songwriter/producer Sampha for Process, and James Blake, PJ Harvey, the xx, Benjamin Clementine, Young Fathers, and alt-J.

The winner of this year's Mercury Prize will be announced at the awards show on Sept. 20, which will take place at the Eventim Apollo in London.

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Florence + The Machine Drop New Single "Big God" From 'High As Hope'

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The build up for the group's 'High As Hope' grows more intense with the release of its latest stark-yet-lush ballad
Philip Merrill
GRAMMYs
Jun 19, 2018 - 1:32 pm

The new Florence + The Machine album High As Hope is due out on June 29, and on June 19, Florence Welch unleashed its third preview track, "Big God."

Built on a simple piano bassline, the song brings in flute and features Kamasi Washington on saxophone. Emilie Haynie co-produced the track with Welch and Jamie xx co-wrote the song. Welch said "Big God" is about "obviously, an unfillable hole in the soul ... but mainly about someone not replying to my text."

https://twitter.com/flo_tweet/status/1009108606367739904

BIG GOD. LISTEN NOW https://t.co/ZVJjrdCh1R
Video directed by @autumndewilde
Choreographed by Akram Khan and Florence Welch pic.twitter.com/3t8pNsfDVG

— florence welch (@florencemachine) June 19, 2018

Welch's feelings of abandonment aside, the song's emotional and sonic extravagance remind us why the album is so highly anticipated. The first two singles released from High As Hope were "Sky Full Of Song," which previewed in April, followed by "Hunger" in May, currently running more than 13 million views on YouTube for its official video.

The band's previous album was 2015's GRAMMY nominated How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, which reached No.1 on the Billboard 200 that summer. Florence + The Machine will begin their North American tour for their upcoming album on Aug. 5 in Montreal, Canada. Dates continue through Oct. 20 in Minneapolis, Minn.

Tour information and tickets are available via the band's website.

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Florence + The Machine Release New Single "Sky Full Of Song"

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Listen to the GRAMMY-nominated band's first song since 2016
Renée Fabian
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Apr 12, 2018 - 5:03 pm

Rumors had been swirling about a possible 2018 Florence + The Machine album for a while now. But the wait for new music is over. On April 12 the GRAMMY-nominated band released their first single since 2016, "Sky Full Of Song."

The ballad, which is accompanied by a music video directed by AG Rojas, features frontwoman Florence Welch's signature vocals. She begins the track a cappella before sparse, punctuated strings layer in, followed by background vocals and piano. The result is a clean, clear track that conveys the kind of emotional complexity Welch seems to have been going for.

"This was a song that just fell out of the sky fully formed," Welch said in a statement. "Sometimes when you are performing you get so high, it's hard to know how to come down. There is this feeling of being cracked open, rushing endlessly outwards and upwards, and wanting somebody to hold you still, bring you back to yourself. It's an incredible, celestial, but somehow lonely feeling."

‘I couldn’t hide from the thunder in a sky full of song’ Limited edition 7” vinyl released in partnership with @recordstoreday April 21st Video by AG Rojas up now x https://t.co/mwDcgd3QZ8 pic.twitter.com/bOSV7dAzfV

— florence welch (@flo_tweet) April 12, 2018

And if you're a vinyl head, Florence + The Machine have you covered there. As a special Record Store Day release, the band will issue a limited-edition 7-inch vinyl on April 21. "Sky Full Of Song" will be on the A-side, with the track "New York Poem (For Polly)" from Welch's upcoming book, Useless Magic, on the B-side.

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