Everybody Scream by Florence + The Machine

As a singer, Florence Welch combines the fluting melodicism of Linda Thompson, the technical range of Mariah Carey, the entrancing strangeness of Kate Bush and the menacing strangeness of Björk.

With all that brewing inside her lungs and throat, it is no surprise that Everybody Scream , her sixth album fronting the Machine, boils over with modern-rock drama. In songs like “Witch Dance” and “The Old Religion,” the English singer-songwriter explicitly and implicitly casts spells upon the audience.

No mistress of the dark arts can do without subtlety, though, and Welch enlists co-writers and co-producers capable of nuance, including Aaron Dessner, frontman of indie-rock band The National; Mark Bowen, guitarist for the intellectually confrontati

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