I’m extremely late to the party, but I’ve only recently started listening to Florence + The Machine and oh wow wow, this is amazing! At some point I’m going to have to post at length about this music, but for now suffice it to say that this song, above all, speaks to me on a profound level.
I’ve seen her described as a sort of musical Angela Carter and that description seems very apt to me. She’s dark and brutal and painful and powerful and jubilant and her words are kinky and sexy and honest and emotional behind the metaphors, and there is so much hurt and strength that I feel as if I’ve been knocked down whenever I listen.
