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Ceremonials [2 LP]
Vinyl LP pressing. 2011 sophomore album from the British band led by singer/songwriter Florence Welch. Ceremonials is a stunningly accomplished record by an artist teetering on the wind-blown top of her game, an extraordinary testament to what Florence refers to as “my incorrigible maximalism”. The pounding epiphanic positivism of `Spectrum’; the galloping massed-ranks majesty of `All This And Heaven Too’ and `Shake It Out’; the triumphant emotional battle cries of `No Light No Light’ and `Heartlines’. Spend a little time with Ceremonials and what strikes you first and foremost is the apparent confidence of its execution. Recorded with her full band over five weeks this summer in Abbey Road’s legendary Studio 3, Ceremonials is another product of her long-running collaboration with producer Paul Epworth. Together they’ve created an expansive art-pop vision that can be both captivatingly tender while still frequently soaring to places where it can overwhelm the senses like an emotive tidal wave.
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- Florence + The Machine- Ceremonials
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Becomes a part of your soul. My son in college played me a couple Florence tracks in the car. Based on those, I bought both her CDs (Lungs and this one) at the same time.I read the low reviews regarding Ceremonials on this site before the purchase, and had my doubts. Being the 48 year old grumpy misanthropic guy that I am, rarely am I touched in any deep way by modern musical efforts. I prepared for some level of disappointment.Sure, there are a couple tracks that, for whatever reason, don’t speak…
No Sophomore Slump for Florence Florence emerged as one of the most interesting new acts in a long time, and Lungs was an extraordinary debut album. Ceremonials, her second, is even better. She has developed a consistent sound that may seem repetitive at times, but is never anything but thoroughly engaging. This record has a HUGE sound. It’s like Phil Spector in Africa meets Kate Bush’s The Dreaming. Very similar to her approach on Lungs, of course, but Ceremonials is tighter and the arrangements are more haunting. You…