Florence + The Machine (recording as Florence And The Machine) is the name of
Florence Welch and a collaboration of other artists who provide backing music for her voice. Florence is an art college dropout from Camberwell, London, who was discovered singing Motown covers in a nightclub toilet, drunk. Musically Florence and the Machine's sound is generally referred to as soul-inspired
indie rock. Welch, who grew up listening to
The White Stripes and
Kate Bush, says she writes metaphorical songs that are "stories with consequences and weird morality issues." She gets he…
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