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Florence Welch at Coachella 2010

Apr 22, 2010 Florence and the Machine By Laura Studarus Photography by Wendy Lynch Redfern

For Florence Welch, also known as Florence and the Machine, the past few years have been a whirlwind, transforming her from art-school dropout to Mercury Prize nominee for debut album, Lungs.

Still flush from her dynamic Coachella performance, the redhead songstress sat down with Under the Radar to discuss her new “scientific” sound, (“I want this album to be more ephemeral.”), cover songs (“When I’m in rehearsals I start singing something that’s going around and around in my head and we’ll end up doing a cover of it.”), and collaborating with her hero, David Byrne (“When David Byrne asks to work with you, it’s yes, anything!”).

Read the full interview here.