Genre: Pop/rock, Adult alternative, Indie rock
Release date: October 31, 2025
Duration: 49:33
My rating: 9/10
Florence + the Machine cast a most effective spell on their excellent sixth album, Everybody Scream. Informed by harrowing health scares and the ups and downs of her life as an artist, Florence Welch sets aside the choreomania of her previous effort and opts for the more effective primal outbursts as a form of powerful healing, processing her personal trauma and presenting it for listeners to relate to. It was a great choice, as Everybody Scream is one of the group’s deepest, most personal, and emotionally impactful releases.
The album shakes off Jack Antonoff’s sound on ‘Everybody Scream’, very noticeable influence on the previous album ‘Dance Fever’ (2002).
From Florence + the Machine hardcore fans and not just from them, the album should get another approval nod. Everything is there in the music to listen from one end to another without the urge to skip any part of it. It takes a bit of effort to understand all the lyrics at first listening as the words are somewhat incomprehensible.
Best served with a glass or two of wine by the candlelight.
