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English indie rock band Florence + the Machine are dropping their sixth album Everybody Scream tomorrow, October 31.
The release, coinciding with Halloween, is described to have themes of folk horror, mysticism, magic, poetry and insanity.
Its title comes from lead singer Florence Welch’s exploration of the variety of emotions and reasons associated with such a physical and emotional act.
The follow-up to the 2022 record Dance Fever was created when Florence was healing from a life-saving surgery she had last year after an ectopic pregnancy. She said that the upcoming 12 tracks are her most personal yet.
“The closest I came to making life was the closest I came to death,” she said in an interview, adding that she recalls howling the moment she got home from the hospital.
“I think the sound that came out of me was like a wounded animal or something, and then, that was that, 10 days later, I was back on stage.”
The singer also tackles ‘double standards and the pressure put on women performers’ in One of the Greats, which features the lyrics ‘it must be nice to be a man and make boring music just because you can’.
“You (male performers) get to be up there and be hot in a T-shirt, and everyone’s like, it’s amazing!” she remarked.
Formed in 2007, the six-time Grammy-nominated group consists of keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, drummer Christopher Lloyd Hayden and harpist Tom Monger, alongside the frontwoman.
They are best known for the hit Dog Days Are Over from their debut studio album Lungs (2009), as well as Shake It Out and Spectrum from the 2011 project Ceremonials.
The band’s music stands out for its dramatic and eccentric production that is complemented by Florence’s powerful vocals.
