ERAS
Step back in time through each of Florence + the Machine’s iconic, critically-acclaimed eras. From the metaphorical landscapes painted by their debut album ‘Lungs’, through to the witchy themes in ‘Everybody Scream’.
Click each album cover, or scroll down, to see the evolution
LUNGS
The start of Florence + the Machine's career began 2 years before the release of ‘Lungs’, with their EP ‘A Lot of Love, A Lot of Blood’, winning them the acclaimed ‘British Breakthrough Act’ at the 2008 BRIT Awards. The pressure was high, and the band hit a home run with the release of ‘Lungs’ the following year in July 2009. With some of the band's most iconic songs, the album rocketed to number one and world-wide success. Having sold over 3 million copies world-wide, and being certified 5x platinum in the United Kingdom, it truly changed the way British artists made music.
RELEASE DATE: 3th July 2009
SINGLES AND RELEASES
DOG DAYS ARE OVER
RABBIT HEART (RAISE IT UP)
I’M NOT CALLING YOU A LIAR
HOWL
KISS WITH A FIST
GIRL WITH ONE EYE
DRUMMING SONG
BETWEEN TWO LUNGS
COSMIC LOVE
MY BOY BUILDS COFFINS
HURRICANE DRUNK
BLINDING
YOU’VE GOT THE LOVE
DELUXE EDITION
BIRD SONG INTRO + BIRD SONG
DOG DAYS ARE OVER (DEMO)
FALLING
HARDEST OF HEARTS
GHOSTS (I’M NOT CALLING YOU A LIAR DEMO)
GIRL WITH ONE EYE (BAYOU VERSION)
SWIMMING
EXTRA RELEASES
HEAVY IN YOUR ARMS
NOT FADE AWAY
CAN’T SPEAK FRENCH
YOU GOT THE DIRTEE LOVE (BRITS 2010)
B-SIDES
ADDICTED TO LOVE
ARE YOU HURTING THE ONE YOU LOVE?
HOSPITAL BEDS
AN OFFERING (RABBIT HEART DEMO)
GHOSTS (I’M NOT CALLING YOU A LAIR DEMO)
MY BOY BUILDS COFFINS (DEMO)
PRE-LUNGS RELEASES
PAPER MASSACRE (incomplete)
THROWING BRICKS
HALLOWEEN
TEAR OUT MY TONGUE
COMMEMORATIVE RELEASES
LUNGS
10th Anniversary Edition (2019)
SYMPHONY OF LUNGS
15th Anniversary (BBC Proms) (2024)
CEREMONIALS
After the raging success of Lungs, the world didn't have to wait long for Florence + the Machine's sophomore album Ceremonials. It was recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios and released on the 31st October 2011, debuting at number 1 in the UK album chart. It became the first of the band’s albums to be Grammy-nominated, and went multi-platinum in Australia, and platinum in the UK. Its accompanying tour ‘The Ceremonials Tour’ sold out many of its arena shows, and received some of the best critical praise of 2011 and 2012.
RELEASE DATE: 28th October 2011
ONLY IF FOR A NIGHT
SHAKE IT OUT
WHAT THE WATER GAVE ME
NEVER LET ME GO
BREAKING DOWN
LOVER TO LOVER
NO LIGHT, NO LIGHT
SEVEN DEVILS
HEARTLINES
SPECTRUM
ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO
LEAVE MY BODY
Deluxe Edition
REMAIN NAMELESS
STRANGENESS & CHARM
BEDROOM HYMNS
LANDSCAPE (Demo)
HEARTLINES (Acoustic)
SHAKE IT OUT (Acoustic)
BREAKING DOWN (Acoustic)
EXTRA RELEASES / REMIXES
SPECTRUM (SAY MY NAME) (Calvin Harris Remix)
SWEET NOTHING (Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch)
OVER THE LOVE (The Great Gatsby)
BREATH OF LIFE (Snow White + the Huntsman)
MIDNIGHT (Cosmo ft. Florence Welch)
I COME APART (A$AP Rocky Ft. Florence Welch
HOW BIG, HOW BLUE, HOW BEAUTIFUL
Although Florence took a 2 year hiatus to ground herself away from touring, she found herself instead facing an upheaval of emotions. As it turns out, the purgatory of romantic uncertainty brings not only pain, but also a certain measure of creativity. Returning in June 2015 with the band’s 3rd UK (and first US) number 1 album, Florence crooned and raged, exorcising her emotions by taking a turn towards a more frank sound. Together with director Vincent Haycock, an oxymoronic metaphorical visual album ‘The Odyssey’ was born, detailing Florence’s ascent from purgatory and into freedom.
RELEASE: 29th May 2015
SHIP TO WRECK
WHAT KIND OF MAN
HOW BIG, HOW BLUE, HOW BEAUTIFUL
QUEEN OF PEACE
VARIOUS STORMS AND SAINTS
DELILAH
LONG AND LOST
CAUGHT
THIRD EYE
ST JUDE
MOTHER
DELUXE EDITION
HIDING
MAKE UP YOUR MIND
WHICH WITCH (DEMO)
THIRD EYE (DEMO)
HOW BIG, HOW BLUE (DEMO)
BONUS TRACKS
PURE FEELING (TARGET EDITION)
CONDUCTOR (TARGET EDITION)
AS FAR AS I COULD GET (RECORD STORE DAY)
EXTRA RELEASES
I LOVE YOU ALL THE TIME (Play It Forward Campaign)
WHEN IN DISGRACE WITH FORTUNE AND MEN’S EYES
HEY GIRL (Lady Gaga ft. Florence Welch)
DELILAH (DEMO) (Record Store Day)
ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART (Record Store Day)
WILD SEASON (Banks and Steelz)
STAND BY ME (Final Fantasy Soundtrack)
I WILL BE (Final Fantasy Soundtrack)
TOO MUCH IS NEVER ENOUGH (Final Fantasy Soundtrack)
WISH THAT YOU WERE HERE (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Soundtrack)
TINY DANCER
CONSTELLATION (Jack Ü - Unreleased)
THE ODYSSEY
A FILM BY FLORENCE WELCH AND VINCENT HAYCOCK
HIGH AS HOPE
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE SO YOU CAN FEEL LOVED? DO YOU FEEL LOVED?
Whilst the previous era reflected heavily on the extrinsic toxicity of Florence’s relationships with people, substances and conflicting emotion, two years later, ‘High As Hope’ signified a page-turn in Florence’s thoughts around her past. The band’s forth album is perhaps their more introspective, considered, and pragmatic album yet. As Florence described at the point of its release, ‘High As Hope’ is a record that explores many feelings, often dark and heavy themes including eating disorders and the perils of the internet. However, amongst all of those, remains a glimmer of hope.
RELEASE: 29th June 2018
JUNE
HUNGER
SOUTH LONDON FOREVER
SKY FULL OF SONG
GRACE
BIG GOD
PATRICIA
100 YEARS
THE END OF LOVE
NO CHOIR
BONUS TRACKS
MODERATION
HAUNTED HOUSE
LIGHT OF LOVE
PATRICIA (Acoustic)
NON-ALBUM RELEASES
JENNY OF OLDSTONES (Game of Thrones)
CORNFLAKE GIRL (Spotify Single)
CALL ME CRUELLA (Cruella film sountrack)
UNRELEASED
COVERED IN BLOOD (from ‘Moderation’)
DANCE FEVER
Recorded with the music of the 1970 and ’80s in mind, Florence + the Machine return with a 14-song extravaganza of energy, fury, deep introspection and most of all, dance. Florence Welch herself calls this a “fairytale in 14 songs”. Produced by Florence Welch, Dave Bayley [Glass Animals] and Jack Antonoff [Lorde / Taylor Swift], the album touches on raw themes of divided love, fame, female identity and empowerment, centred in a time when the Coronavirus pandemic forced us all into new ways of thinking and being
RELEASE: 13th MAY 2022
1. KING
2. FREE
3. CHOREOMANIA
4. BACK IN TOWN
5. GIRLS AGAINST GOD
6. DREAM GIRL EVIL
7. PRAYER FACTORY
8. CASSANDRA
9. HEAVEN IS HERE
10. DAFFODIL
11. MY LOVE
12. RESTRAINT
13. THE BOMB
14. MORNING ELVIS
DELUXE & ADDITIONAL TRACKS
Cassandra (Acoustic)
Free (Acoustic)
Morning Elvis (Acoustic)
My Love (Acoustic)
Search and Destroy
Mermaids
NON ALBUM RELEASES
Florida!!! (Taylor Swift ft. Florence and the Machine)
Just a Girl (No Doubt Cover) for Yellowjackets
Cornflake Girl (Cover)
Call Me Cruella (for the Cruella soundtrack)
White Cliffs of Dover (The New Look soundtrack)
Reflections Laughing (The Weeknd ft. Travis Scott + Florence and the Machine)
EVERYBODY SCREAM
Inspired by medieval sounds, classic horror and thriller media including Rosmary’s Baby and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Florence + the Machine’s 6th studio album in some ways picks up where ‘Dance Fever’ left off. However, where ‘Dance Fever’ explored the dualities of life as a performer, the serious health scare Florence experienced during the ‘Dance Fever Tour’ in 2023 threw that relationship with art into a new light. ‘Everybody Scream’ pivots around Florence’s reflections on performance and being when constrained by the realities of mortality, womanhood and death.
Release: 31st October 2025
Everybody Scream
One Of The Greats
Witch Dance
Sympathy Magic
Perfume and Milk
Buckle
Kraken
The Old Religion
Drink Deep
Music By Men
You Can Have It All
And Love
DELUXE & ADDITIONAL TRACKS
To be announced
NON ALBUM RELEASES
To be announced