Florence And The Machine Analysis

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The follow-up to the world-wide smash hit success Ceremonials is finally here. Florence and the Machine returns with their highly anticipated new album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.

Florence Welch reveals in various interviews that she wrote and recorded most of the album last year with producer Markus Dravs. She went on to say that she chose Dravs to produce because she loved his work, and she likes the way he is able to balance electronic and standard instruments.

"He's good with big sounds, and I like big sounds,"

"With Markus, I wanted to make something that was big but that had a gentleness to it, that had a warmth, that was rooted,"

"I think that's why we went

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