02/01/10: FLORENCE + THE MACHINE- Hurricane Drunk

2009 was a brilliant year for quirky Florence Welch, who saw her catapult to fame with original, creative and breath taking music. 2010 has seen Florence's success continue, with her debut album 'Lungs' managing to finally grab the number one album spot and saw her version of 'You've Got The Love' climb into the top five. However, Florence's first release of the year is this dreamy track.

'Hurricane Drunk' tells the story of Florence seeing someone she likes with someone else, and how to overcome this she will, in her own words, 'drink herself to death.' The tune isn't overly radio friendly and probably isn't the best track to choose as a release from a full list of contenders off 'Lungs', but Florence's music is always enchanting. Luckily, this makes no exceptions. Using a hurricane as a metaphor of her feelings is perfect, and the music is designed to summarise that whirlwind feeling. The dreamy harp in the background, the powerful vocals- you've heard it all before in Florence's music, but all of her songs have that sense of individuality. 'Hurricane Drunk' luckily seems to follow that trend.

Florence has made comment that she is to work on a new album this year, yet 'Lungs' is filled with enough smash hits to keep us patiently waiting. 'Hurricane Drunk' is probably the most unexpected song off the album to be released, but whatever you think, you cannot fault Florence's talent.