Blog: Chromewaves

Frank Yang Initial buzz around Florence & The Machine was largely built on a handful of singles, live recordings and performances that positioned Florence Welch as a big-voiced musical eccentric (or as I put it last November , "batshit crazy") surely set for a career of creative left turns and cul-de-sacs that would delight as often as it confounded. But the surprise - in these quarters, at least - came when it was announced that Florence had signed with major label Island for her debut, majors never really being the most adept entities at [...]