May. 23, 2012 - Issue #866: Little Elephants
Ceremonials
CeremonialsFlorence & The Machine {recordings_bands_mg} Ceremonials {/recordings_bands_mg}
Island, 2011
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Lungs, Brit siren Florence and co's first disc, propelled itself largely through her voice rising over lush little pop arrangements that would occasionally rise up to meet those golden pipes. They felt like joyous, celebratory explosions, and while on Ceremonials, her voice is still obviously the focus (and rightly so) she sacrifices some of that musical joy and aims for bigger peaks and more epic instrumentation. Songs still erupt when the chorus comes, and it's a change in tone that does suit her, though sometimes Ceremonials really feels like it's reaching a little to much for big and serious ideas: a few more of those joyful little pop numbers wouldn't have hurt here.
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