Florence and the Machine: 'Drumming Song'

Since being handed the Critics' Choice Brit at the tail end of last year, Florence Welch has most definitely lived up to the expectations placed on her. Debut album Lungs is already high on the best-sellers list, her festival performances have been universally praised, and she's even managed to avoid the slanging matches that have sucked in so many of her chart contemporaries (Elly Jackson, take note).

With the release of 'Drumming Song', the fourth single lifted from Lungs, her forward momentum looks set to continue. A darker and more brooding offering than 'Rabbit Heart', it's a case of drum as metaphor for love as Welch describes an unadulterated and impassioned love affair. "Louder than sirens, louder than bells, sweeter than heaven and hotter than hell," she wails with more enough power and passion to justify all the critical acclaim.


> Click here to read our review of Florence's album