Please read and listen to Scott Gregory’s pick Florence + the machine: Lungs before reading and listening to our reviews below.
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Review of Florence + the machine: Lungs
Sonic Collective member Scott Gregory landed on Florence + the machine’s Lungs album for us to review for May 2019. This album is adored by many and there is no doubt that Florence has immense talent. What we wanted to know though was if this album stands up to the test of time and can stand alone as a complete album. We all admitted that though none of us had listened to much of Florence + the machine in the past that we were all very excited to listen to this release that is nearing 10 years old.
We had differing opinions of this album and we have to admit it felt out of most of our comfort zones. That being said we can offer our expertise and look at this as objectively as possible to determine if this is the type of album that you might want to add to your collection. A few things to listen for in this podcast are:
- How dealing with learning disorders and cutting out the alcohol saved Florence’s career
- What statement by Scott Gregory stunned Scott Coates
- Does she live up to the comparison to Kate Bush, Sinead O’connor, Bjork, PJ Harvey?
Join us and listen to our thoughts and tidbits of information on this recently loved album. Does it stand the test of time? When would you listen to this? Hear what we think and let us know your thoughts.
The Sonic Collective
Individual Review Scoring
Scott Coates
Overall opinion: 2
Would I recommend?: 2
Influenced my tastes: 2
Darren Scott
Overall opinion: 3
Would I recommend?: 3.5
Influenced my tastes: 2
Alain DuPuis:
Overall opinion: 3
Would I recommend?: 2
Influenced my tastes: 2
Scott Gregory:
Overall opinion: 3
Would I recommend?: 4
Influenced my tastes: 3
The songs she sang were off the groups recently released album “Lungs” and after a couple plays, I settled into the habit of pulling the singles out and adding them to my play lists and not really thinking of the album as a whole. Well, the time’s come to do what the collective does best and dig in and experience the album as a whole. Reading up, it sounded like Florence had a very long, very winding road to land to the sound she landed on for this debut album. I’m going to be watching for whether this represents a culmination of those effort, or does she sound like she’s still exploring even within the bounds of the album.