
Above : Great concept, shitty execution. We fell in love with Florence and The Machine when we first heard her amazing cover of Beirut's Postcards from Italy . With only her gorgeous voice and a ukulele, she brought something new and exciting to the tune we'd heard one hundred times. The next track we got our hands on was Dog Days Are Over , the sweeping, rollicking, and climactic album opener. Then came first single Kiss With a Fist , giving domestic violence it's long delayed make-over (we kid!). Then came the album. [...]