The new single from the third F+TM studio album is anthemic, as you might expect from the resounding voice of Florence Welch. However, jamming guitar riffs anchored by an amped and booming baseline and brass section, kick in to drive the Machine down a somewhat different road. Florence, has been quoted as saying her musical influences for this record, along with others, have been Bowie, Neil Young and Nick Cave. Recorded in LA, the city sky inspired the album name, How Big How Blue How Beautiful, which was a descrition Florence texted to a friend. The sound fused with a pained, powerful and at times, disturbing Vincent Haycock, directed video will leave you unsettled…but wanting to play it again. The album is due for release 2 Jun…I’m pre-ordering.
The missing beat
The missing beat of what once was.
It must still be there somewhere?
The secret of a dank basement;
In a cavity below the Annandale perhaps?
Hiding behind a silverfish-eaten carton of Tooheys long-necks.
There it sits, in a sea of dust,
Floating on a rotting Battle of the Bands poster.
There it sits, suspended in fluid…
A spiderweb covered jar of formaldehyde.
But the spiders have moved on,
Only shells of blowflies remain
Cocooned in dusted and matted strands of silk.
It glints green from a crack of light.
There it sits, inert and still,
There it sits, lost and lifeless,
The missing beat of what once, was.
Shriveled like a bleached kidney,
The cultural heart of Sydney.
CRASHION 