#gothic pop
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
dovebuffy92 · 2 months ago
Text
Scoring Florence + The Machine’s Albums Out of 100
Florence Welch’s discography is a wild journey of emotion, grandeur, and vulnerability. Here’s how I would score each album out of 100:
Lungs (2009) – 95/100 Florence + The Machine's debut album that started it all. Lungs is a raw and powerful album that shows the versatility of Florence Welch's voice and songwriting talents. The music has a chaotic energy because Florence was still discovering her voice. She technically wrote the album over five years. Plus, she was working with multiple songwriting partners and producers. The mystical undertones, gothic lyrics, and big drums make this album a storm. Some of my favorite songs were co-written and produced with Florence + The Machine co-founder Isabella Summers, including "Dog Days Are Over" and "Cosmic Love." Standouts: "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)," "Cosmic Love", and "Between Two Lungs"
Tumblr media
Ceremonials (2011) – 97/100 This album is a true masterpiece because it's "a wall of sound," to quote Florence Welch. Florence leaned fully into the baroque. She and her collaborators (Paul Epworth, Isabella Summers, Francis White, James Ford, etc) created an otherworldly atmosphere with drums & percussion, harps, pianos, guitars, bells, bass, synth, and layers of Florence singing backup vocals. Ceremonials explores themes of water, death, and rebirth. Every elegant song feels like a grand cathedral of sound. Standouts: "Shake It Out," "Breaking Down," and "Only If For a Night"
Tumblr media
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) – 92/100 Florence reined in some of the grandiosity for a more rock-influenced sound. It's still lush, but the instrumentation focuses on guitars and horns. Florence faces her demons in this album and comes out better on the other side. I love the emotional complexity of this album, but a couple of tracks feel slightly more subdued than expected. This was the last album where Isabella Summers co-wrote or produced any Florence + The Machine songs. She and Florence co-wrote three songs, including one of my favorites, "Delilah." Standouts: "What Kind of Man," "Ship to Wreck," and "Delilah"
Tumblr media
High as Hope (2018) – 93/100 This album is more stripped-back and personal than her previous ones. Florence Welch co-produced and wrote the whole album by herself. The vulnerability of High as Hope is palpable throughout the songs. While some might miss the massive production of earlier albums, the intimacy of High as Hope is its strength. All the songs feel delicate and confessional. Standouts: "Hunger," "Sky Full of Song," and "Big God"
Tumblr media
Dance Fever (2022) – 99/100 This is my favorite Florence + The Machine album. Dance Fever blends the theatricality of Ceremonials with the emotional introspection of High as Hope. I love how Florence wrote an album that combines the confessional aspects of High as Hope and How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful with the horror movies she watched during the pandemic to produce some genuinely epic lyrics. The instrumentals of every song make you want to dance, even if the lyrics make you want to cry. Florence's vocals are at the next level, showing how much she has grown since Lungs. Standouts: "King," "Free," and "Dream Girl Evil"
Tumblr media
12 notes · View notes
my-chaos-radio · 6 months ago
Text
youtube
Tumblr media
Release: January 13, 2021
Lyrics:
Close your eyes, act surprised, it took its time
I know it's not your birthday
Oh, my God, I don't believe, how can it be
That you're alive at the same time as me?
Why? Why?
Would I ever know life without you?
I would fade into the blue
You keep the lights on for me
You help me to believe
Loving you, loving you is easy
Loving you, loving you is easy
You changed something inside me
I'm not who I used to be
Loving you, loving you is easy
Loving you, loving you is easy
Well, the truth is that this world can be so sour
But you make it so sweet
I was tryna make myself so tough
And you made me so weak
Why? Why?
Would I ever know life without you?
I would fade into the blue
You keep the lights on for me
You help me to believe
Loving you, loving you is easy
Loving you, loving you is easy
You changed something inside me
I'm not who I used to be
Loving you, loving you is easy
Loving you, loving you is easy
Nothing's ever felt this right
I look at you and I feel alive
You save me every time
You keep the lights on for me
You help me to believe
Loving you, loving you is easy
Loving you, loving you is easy
You keep the lights on for me
You help me to believe
Loving you, loving you is easy
Loving you, loving you is easy
You changed something inside me
I'm not who I used to be
Loving you, loving you is easy
Loving you, loving you is easy
Songwriter:
Loving you, loving you is easy
Loving you, loving you is easy
Sam De Jong / Heather Baron-gracie
SongFacts:
👉📖
Homepage:
Pale Waves
6 notes · View notes
thisnoisemademe · 3 months ago
Text
youtube
Eternally alone at the altar, we were born to suffer.
2 notes · View notes
edwardshundredyearoldspunk · 7 months ago
Text
thinking about how ttpd has no real "bops" how it has no glitter gel pen songs how it is so alienating to casual listeners how it's so messy and mean and kind and tortured
4 notes · View notes
basment-bunni · 8 months ago
Text
OMG THIS SONG
2 notes · View notes
miksweety · 2 years ago
Text
OUTSIDERS - PART 3
Words & Music: Michaela Betts
Animation: Neb
3 notes · View notes
spilladabalia · 3 months ago
Text
Black Bordello - End Of Reality - 25/01/2023
youtube
0 notes
exceptthekitchensink · 4 months ago
Video
youtube
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (Director: Tarik Saleh)
0 notes
melomancy · 1 month ago
Text
Tumblr media Tumblr media
Kate Bush performing in Japan, 1978
4K notes · View notes
raivokasmagma · 10 months ago
Text
TOAL - Unreal World
youtube
Gave this one a listen, wanted to hear something new.
TOAL's Ritus Ex Silenti was okay. Bit average, grandiose sound. Nice vocals :D Almost reminds of 90's sound I heard on some video games :D
Rest of their material sure sounded different. Grandiose sound, but bit more danceable.
0 notes
lrndvs · 2 months ago
Text
Tumblr media
You're either frolicking in this field with me or you're frolicking in this field against me
973 notes · View notes
my-chaos-radio · 9 months ago
Text
youtube
Tumblr media
Release: February 24, 2012
Lyrics:
1, 2, 3, 4
Oh I beg you
Can I follow
Oh I ask you
Why not always
Be the ocean
Where unravel
Be my only,
Be the water where I'm wading
You're my river running high
Run deep run wild
I, I follow
I follow you deep sea baby
I follow you
I, I follow you
I follow you dark boom honey
I follow you
He's a message
I'm the runner
He's the rebel
I'm the daughter
Waiting to follow you
You're my river running high,
Run deep run wild
I, I follow
I follow you deep sea baby
I follow you
I, I follow you
I follow you dark boom honey
I follow you
You're my river running high,
Run deep run wild
I, I follow
I follow you deep sea baby
I follow you
I, I follow you
I follow you dark boom honey
I follow you
Oh, I follow you
I follow you deep sea baby
I follow you
Oh I follow
I follow you dark boom honey
I follow you
Songwriter:
I follow you
I follow you
Bjorn Daniel Arne Yttling / Lykke Li Timotej Zachrisson / Richard W. Jr. Nowels
SongFacts:
👉📖
1 note · View note
losinmysoul · 11 months ago
Text
Tumblr media
2K notes · View notes
gothgleek · 2 months ago
Text
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
453 notes · View notes
willowitcher · 2 years ago
Text
Tumblr media
5K notes · View notes
spilladabalia · 3 months ago
Text
youtube
Black Bordello - The Garden Of Earthly Delights
0 notes