Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials (2 Lp's) Merchandise set out the Pumpkins' agenda

set out the Pumpkins' agenda for rock and hinted at what was to come

including himself

he's doing so in crystal water or on paths with great views

since Nirvana did release a record with a shiny surface

Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials (2 Lp's) Merchandise set out the Pumpkins' agendaThere's a point just past the halfway mark on "Shake It Out," the rousing first single from Florence + the Machine's second studio release, when the swelling guitars, organs, and strings, staccato percussion, and Florence Welch's air raid siren of a voice lock up in a herculean battle over which one is going to launch itself into the stratosphere first. It's a contest that plays out at least once on each of Ceremonials' immaculately produced 12