The English rock band Florence and the Machine has returned with their fourth studio album, “High as Hope,” which was released on June 29. What do the critics have to say about by the latest from the group led by the full-throated Florence Welch? And will it win them their first Grammy?
The reception has been generally positive. It has a MetaCritic score of 72 based on 7 reviews. That’s only a few ticks below their previous efforts: their 2009 debut “Lungs” scored 79, followed by “Ceremonials” (2011) with 75 and “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” (2015) with 77.
Many reviewers are truly high on “Hope,” describing it as “the realization of a singular talent” and “the most rewarding” album yet from the band thanks to Welch’s “magnificent emoting” and “intimate lyrics.” But a few other critics are more ambivalent, saying that “transcendent moments are “few and far between” and that Welch should tone down...
The reception has been generally positive. It has a MetaCritic score of 72 based on 7 reviews. That’s only a few ticks below their previous efforts: their 2009 debut “Lungs” scored 79, followed by “Ceremonials” (2011) with 75 and “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” (2015) with 77.
Many reviewers are truly high on “Hope,” describing it as “the realization of a singular talent” and “the most rewarding” album yet from the band thanks to Welch’s “magnificent emoting” and “intimate lyrics.” But a few other critics are more ambivalent, saying that “transcendent moments are “few and far between” and that Welch should tone down...
- 6/29/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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