Florence Welch likens new single 'Shake It Out' to "hangover cure"

Florence Welch has likened her band's new song to a "hangover cure".

Florence + the Machine debuted 'Shake It Out' last week. The track will be the first single proper to be lifted from their second studio album Ceremonials.

Speaking to XFM about her new single, Welch explained: "I wanted to just shake something out, shake out these regrets, shake out these things that haunt you.

"It was one of those songs that came in about half an hour and when you've got a hangover, it is almost like a hangover cure. You're like, thank you!"

She continued: "I don't want everyone to think that I always write songs with a hangover! Cause I don't, I really don't. But with this one I have to say there was a bit of one lurking in my mind as I wrote it. It was like I was trying to write a hangover cure."

Ceremonials will receive an October 31 release in the UK and will also feature previous preview track 'What The Water Gave Me'.

The album's producer Paul Epworth recently claimed that the record has "no weak [tracks]".

> Florence + the Machine's new album 'Ceremonials' - First listen

Listen to Florence + the Machine's new single 'Shake It Out' below: