Florence and the Machine – Everybody Scream review: A fantastically eerie album informed by personal trauma

In ‘Everybody Scream,’ Florence Welch shows how womanhood can be glamorous, ravenous

Florence + the Machine's newest album, "Everybody Scream," was released on Halloween - a fitting date for a work so haunted and imploring.Florence Welch, the group's singer-songwriter, has been a fixture of the indie rock world for years. Now, she's fully embraced her status as a star, and "Everybody Scream" is full of the insecurity and experimentation that often comes with a long time in the spotlight. Few people have experienced the hyper-vis…

Florence and the Machine – Everybody Scream review: A fantastically eerie album informed by personal trauma

Florence Welch emerges from a hurricane of angst with perhaps her finest and certainly her stormiest record to date

Florence The Machine - Everybody Scream (Album Review) - Stereoboard UK

Photo: Autumn De Wilde On ‘Everybody Scream’, it feels like Florence Welch has become more myth than person, more folk goddess than a singer in a timeless band. Boasting an enchanting theme tightly woven like medieval tapestry, here Florence walks candlelit corridors while reciting a soul-bearing odyssey. The record’s Halloween release date is surely no coincidence as the band gleefully leans into imagery of witches and sorcery, perhaps inspirin…

Florence + The Machine combines loss, strength on ‘Everybody Scream’

In August 2023, Florence + The Machine’s lead singer and songwriter, Florence Welch, experienced a brush with death after a miscarriage sent her to the hospital for a life-saving surgery. Released on Oct. 31, their sixth studio album Everybody Scream confronts this trauma with 12 confessional tracks laced with ache and mysticism.  “There was an urgency to this record,” Welch told Apple Music in an interview on Oct. 22. “It came out of me in this…

Florence + The Machine’s ‘Everybody Scream’ Turns Trauma Into Transformation

Florence + The Machine released its sixth studio album “Everybody Scream” on Friday. This Halloween debut added another harmonious addition to the band’s discography. Lead singer and songwriter Florence Welch’s bewitching vocals and lyrics mixed with the band’s dramatic production created a haunting, yet riveting 12-track album.  “Everybody Scream” was written after Welch suffered a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy in 2023 while on tour for th…