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Releasing the second offering from her new era, Florence + The Machine are well and truly back. With a new stomping track that could soundtrack cult rituals or Midsommar dance scenes, ‘Heaven Is Here’ is Florence at her theatrical best.

Complete with another cinematic video by Autumn De Wilde, the track is situated in a bleak and witchy audio and visual landscape. Grab your candles and spell jars: we’re getting spooky.

Written in the spirit of lockdown, ‘Heaven Is Here’ channels all of Florence’s creative frustration into a hypnotic two-minute-long chant with nothing but primal drums and choral vocal percussion to pin it together.

With the videos being filmed in Kyiv, the release comes along with a heartbreaking message from Florence sending love to two of her dancers; “Two of the dancers in this video are currently sheltering. To my brave and beautiful sisters Maryne and Anastasiia. I love you. I wish I could put my arms around you. Strength.”

Wrapping joy, grief, pain, anger, determination, and escapism all up in one short track, we can’t wait for the next installment.

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More about: Florence and the Machine