Florence & The Machine @ Sheffield Arena (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever)
Florence & The Machine will follow-up How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful and a 2015 Glastonbury headline performance with the new album High As Hope.
Out on June 29th, it contains the recently shared Sky Full Of Song as well as the official lead single Hunger. The LP was recorded in London and Los Angeles and features numerous guest appearances; from Sampha, Jamie xx and Kamasi Washington among others.
“This song is about the ways we look for love in things that are perhaps not love, and how attempts to feel less alone can sometimes isolate us more,” Florence Welch has said of Hunger.
“I guess I made myself more vulnerable in this song to encourage connection, because perhaps a lot more of us feel this way than we are able to admit. Sometimes when you can’t say it, you can sing it.”
There’s a bit of a low-key UK live return coming up this month in Halifax and Scunthorpe before London really gets things going at the Royal Festival Hall and, more specifically, at the London Stadium in support of The Rolling Stones.
High As Hope tracklist:
June
Hunger
South London Forever
Big God
Sky Full Of Song
Grace
Patricia
100 Years
The End Of Love
No Choir