Florence + The Machine : Dance Fever

Standard Black (Standard track-listing, double vinyl, gatefold, printed inners, etching on 4th side)

Dance Fever was recorded in London over the course of the pandemic in anticipation of the worlds reopening. It conjures up what Florence missed most in the midst of lockdownclubs, dancing at festivals, being in the whirl of movement and togethernessand the hope of reunions to come.

Just before the pandemic Florence had become fascinated by choreomania, a Renaissance phenomenon in which groups of peoplesometimes thousandsdanced wildly to the point of exhaustion, collapse and death. The imagery resonated with Florence, who had been touring nonstop for more than a decade, and in lockdown felt oddly prescient.

The image and concept of dance, and choreomania, remained central as Florence wove her own experiences of dancea discipline she turned to in the early days of sobrietywith the folkloric elements of a moral panic from the Middl