Florence Welch has become such a darling of British music it's not exactly hard to believe that her second full-length album 'Ceremonials' has made it to number 27 on Rolling Stone's Best Albums of 2011 list.
'Lungs' was such a huge breakout album for Florence and the Machine and it really captured the hearts and ears of a lot of music lovers. I enjoyed the music a lot more than I thought I would, and listen to both her albums through my r4i card on my Nintendo DSi quite a lot.
I saw an interview with her once where she said she was obsessed with really sad songs with really happy melodies, and I think that that is one of the best things about her music. Some of her songs have such a bizarre dichotomy of devastating lyrics and upbeat melodies, it's really quite remarkable.
I hope she goes on to create an equally outstanding third album in the coming years.