Album Rating: 4.0

Really interesting, because I really like her but always feel like her albums are all over the place, but the new one keeps my interest all the way through, the more up tempo songs are such a vibe

Album Rating: 4.5

In starting my drive home from work in 2 minutes so I'll re-spin this just for you and report back

Album Rating: 4.0

Perfect. Granted my favorite Flo song is Delilah so I really love when she does hyper dancy yet poetic songs.

Album Rating: 4.5

Ok so the payoff on King isn't nearly what it should have been. The drums are pounded faster but somehow with no more intensity (I feel like there should have been a thunderous crescendo or something there) and her vocals don't really elevate into that epic high pitched thing I know she's capable of. Good song but a missed opportunity to capitalize on that super sinister beat. I loved the line "I never knew my killer could come from within" or whatever she sings there, that bit is brilliant and I missed it first few times around.

Album Rating: 4.5

Free is a nice lighthearted bop but it's got a pretty lightweight melody that doesn't seem like it'd stick with me unless I tried really hard to attach myself to it.



Choreomania suffers the same fate as King. Awesome drumming throughout but for what? The song just starts and ends without going anywhere.



Back In Town was pretty but boring.

Album Rating: 4.0

You're insane the first three songs go off so hard, especially Free, so fucking euphoric

Album Rating: 4.5

I wish I felt the same way. It just feels so...airy and vibey and ephemeral. Nice song and seems like it'd be a jam driving through some back roads with the windows down or something, but it's just...I dunno...unimpressive to me lol.

Album Rating: 4.5

Without continuing on in agonizing track-by-track fashion, I think I can safely chalk my issues with the new record up to a lack of bombast. I like my Florence belting out huge choruses (think Dog Days, Shake It Out, the ending of June...), and there just seems to be so little of that here. The songwriting is good, the lyrics are good, but it feels a little too content and samey for me. Maybe it'll grow in time, but for now my ranking is Ceremonials > High as Hope > Lungs > Dance Fever > How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

Album Rating: 4.5

I adore Daffodil for what it's worth, though

Album Rating: 4.0

i mean of course i really like the new one so far but it do sound like she's on autopilot at this point

Album Rating: 4.0

On Daffodil now and yes it's a lone surprising moment! love the percussion

Album Rating: 4.0

I do like King/Free a lot ash

Album Rating: 4.5

I know I just typed all that up there but I'm listening to the album again and the hooks are starting to sink in. Fuck. LOL.

Album Rating: 4.0

lol yeah i'll give it a couple more passes ofc but on first listen its probs her weakest for me

Album Rating: 4.0

part of it is i just went through her entire discog so I'm having an even harder time distinguishing these from her other melodies

her new album surely is an album

Album Rating: 4.0

the bomb is so cuh-yute tho

Album Rating: 4.5

That's still my gut feeling (although I prefer it to How Big/Blue/Beautiful), but now I'm re-arranging the album to get this backloaded affair more balanced and I think I might've found a pretty irresistible ordering that could really get me into this.

Album Rating: 4.0

you and your sweet sweet tracklist corruptions

Album Rating: 4.5

Honestly this is one of the first times this year I'm doing it. Weird.