Florence + The Machine announce details of new album ‘Dance Fever’
The Florence Welch band will return with their first album since 2018
By Nick Reilly
Florence & The Machine have confirmed they will return with new album ‘Dance Fever’, as well as sharing the record’s artwork.
The forthcoming LP will be the Florence Welch fronted band’s first record since ‘High As Hope’, their fourth album which arrived in June 2018.
Posting on Instagram, Welch also revealed the album artwork. It shows the singer stood in front of a golden moon and darkened foliage branches, with two large pink flowers positioned in her hair.
The artwork was designed by acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Autumn de Wilde. A release date and tracklist for the record is yet to arrive.
Confirmation of the record comes after Welch shared her second comeback track ‘Heaven Is Here’ earlier this week, which was directed by Autumn de Wilde in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv last November.
To my brave and beautiful sisters Maryne and Anastasiia, I love you. I wish I could put my arms around you,” she wrote.
Speaking of ‘Heaven Is Here’ itself, she added:“‘Heaven Is Here’ was the first song I wrote in lockdown after an extended period of not being able to get to the studio. I wanted to make something monstrous. And this clamour of joy, fury and grief was the first thing that came out. With dance studios also shut it was my dream to one day create choreography with it. So it’s one of the first pieces of music I have made specifically with contemporary dance in mind.”
‘Heaven Is Here’ follows the band’s comeback single ‘King’, of which Welch said: “As an artist, I never actually thought about my gender that much. I just got on with it. I was as good as the men and I just went out there and matched them every time.
“But now, thinking about being a woman in my 30s and the future…I suddenly feel this tearing of my identity and my desires. That to be a performer, but also to want a family might not be as simple for me as it is for my male counterparts.”
‘Heaven Is Here’ follows the band’s comeback single ‘King’, of which Welch said: “As an artist, I never actually thought about my gender that much. I just got on with it. I was as good as the men and I just went out there and matched them every time.
“But now, thinking about being a woman in my 30s and the future…I suddenly feel this tearing of my identity and my desires. That to be a performer, but also to want a family might not be as simple for me as it is for my male counterparts.”
Florence + The Machine are scheduled to perform live at a number of European festivals this summer, including Mad Cool in Madrid, Øya in Norway, and Finland’s Flow.