The Best Song You’ve Never Heard: “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” By Florence + The Machine
Photo: Vincent Haycock
The first two weeks of The Best Song You’ve Never Heard focused on artists you may have missed; this week features an artist you have likely heard of.
Florence + The Machine has two platinum albums and several hit songs – so many that a few of her incredible tracks have slipped through the cracks. I personally heard this song for the first time at Coachella in 2015. She performed sitting down during the second weekend of the festival after spontaneously jumping off the stage and breaking her foot the first weekend. She was expected to have a more subdued set which was FAR from what happened. She had a full string and horns section, a duet with Father John Misty, and still managed to whip the crowd into a frenzy. She also introduced new songs from an album coming out the next month –