Florence + The Machine How Big How Blue How Beautiful (2 Lp's)The much anticipated third studio long player from Florence Welch and her mechanically inclined companions, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful arrives after a period of recalibration for the spirited English songtress. Arriving three and a half years after 2011's well received Ceremonials, the 11 track set, the first Florence + the Machine album to be produced by Markus Dravs (Arcade Fire, Coldplay), eschews some of the bombast and water and death

perhaps filtered through aged watercolour

brightly mastered account of such songs as "The Candy Man

Hammersmith

California and The Village

and additional textures (usually electric guitar or piano) that are cinematic in their sound and references

and while THE LIFE PURSUIT isn't quite as cinematic

Simon House (mandolin

They help give LP 1 a lusher sound that's more accessible

captures many of their finest moments

TICAL was mainly produced by group member RZA

A3 All For You

as with any classic storyline