{"product_id":"florence-the-machine-how-big-how-blue-how-beautiful","title":"Florence \u0026 The Machine How Big How Blue How Beautiful","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecording information: Angel Studios; The Pool, London, UK; Urchin Studios, London, UK.\n\u003cbr\u003eThe much-anticipated third studio long-player from Florence Welch and her mechanically inclined companions, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful arrives after a period of recalibration for the spirited English songtress. Arriving three-and-a-half years after 2011's well-received Ceremonials, the 11-track set, the first Florence + the Machine album to be produced by Markus Dravs (Arcade Fire, Coldplay), eschews some of the bombast and water- and death-fixated metaphors of Lungs and Ceremonials in favor of a more restrained sonic scope and an honest reckoning with the dark follies of your late twenties. This change is most notable on the workmanlike opener \"Ship to Wreck,\" a shimmering, open road-ready folk-rock rumination on the ambiguity\/inevitability of post-fame self-destruction that, unlike prior first cuts like \"Dog Days Are Over\" and \"Only If for a Night,\" feels firmly rooted in the now. The bluesy (and ballsy) \"What a Man,\" the propulsive and purposeful \"Delilah,\" and the gorgeous title track impress the most. Instead of building to a fevered crescendo, as is the Flo-Machine way, the latter cut, a transcendent, slow-burning, chamber pop gem, dissolves into a simple and elegant, yet still goose-bump-inducing round of horns, and is breathtaking without knocking the wind out of you. ~ James Christopher Monger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 2015-06-02\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Florence \u0026 The Machine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44009952215063,"sku":"R9G43J-8ZWU-Z4","price":13.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/3027\/9959\/files\/florence-the-machine-how-big-how-blue-how-beautiful_dL1Tv.jpg?v=1763496072","url":"https:\/\/staytunedrecordsfl.myshopify.com\/products\/florence-the-machine-how-big-how-blue-how-beautiful","provider":"Stay Tuned Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}