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Florence Welch is backed by the folk-horror dramatics of a petticoat-clad choir– yet rather capable of petrifying the crowd with her rippling voice alone
‘ I’ve only sung this as soon as prior to and it makes me drink,” Florence Welch admits, bending alone at the back of a long, slim drive stage. Viewing her command this arena during the first of 2 sold-out programs in Glasgow in honour of Florence + the Machine’s sixth album Everybody Scream, it’s hard to picture Welch fearing anything. Just secs earlier, she was competing barefoot, flouncy skirts collected in one hand, tearing via Spectrum (the band’s first UK No 1, back in 2012) and its hot demand: “Say my name!”
But the new song she is metaling herself to sing presses on a bruise. With ratcheting intensity, You Can Have It All regrets an ectopic pregnancy which virtually killed her, as well as a songs sector that punishes its stars for being a mother. Over grungy electrical guitar, her agitated voice billows like sails in high wind: “Am I a female now?” It leaves the sector in stunned silence. She gives a wry curtsey.
Source: The Guardian