I wish this was a bit more adventurous musically but there are still some great songs on here, especially in the back half.
June, South London Forever, The End of Love, and No Choir seem to stand out beyond the initial singles. Grace and Patricia kind of fell flat for me, but that's only after one listen. Big God is probably still my favorite of the bunch.
Kinda underwhelmed by this. The singles are easily the best songs here. Grace, Patricia, and No Choir are decent. Everything else was forgettable.
Yeah...I was very underwhelmed as well. HBHBHB was fantastic and this just feels like it meanders and sounds pretty but doesn't offer a ton.
It's just odd to me how quiet this album has been. I feel like there was almost no hype behind it. Anyway I think it's a really good listen. I'm not sure it quite stacks up to HBx3, but it's a really solid typical sounding Florence album. I also didn't love Hunger at first and it's really grown on me since, so I think this may just be a grower album.
from "grace" on this album is fantastic. not as good as hbhbhb (what an acronym lol), wish it built on what that album did, but still v good
This is a solid album. I don't like to compare like this often but it kind of reminds me of God's Favorite Customer, in that they're both following up epic albums, don't really change the formula musically, BUT the lyrics are far more personal, confessional, heartfelt. Both are discussing some serious past/present personal issues, and very transparently. FJM was already doing some of that already, but it's different for Florence. She's usually far more guarded.
Just got back from my honeymoon so I was finally able to listen to this. Some of the comments here had me worried I wouldn't like it all that much, but I think it's great. Everything she's done from HBHBHB onward has been magical, IMO
Wow, this album is absolutely fantastic. Holy shit @ "June." Immediately love this album, there's something about how raw and unattached her vocals are on this album that really stands out to me. She has a bit of an evolved style of singing on this album and I really love how it feels
I can see why people wouldn’t like this but I’ve been enjoying it a lot. Throwing it on at work quite often lately. It’s easy to listen to. Her singing and lyrics are fantastic as usual.
The more I listen to the album the more I love "No Choir" as a closer, it's such a beautiful statement and the way it just ends before it really gets going expresses it so wonderfully