SONG OF THE DAY

“Girl With One Eye” by Flo­rence + The Machine (Lungs, Island Records, 2009). Writ­ten by Matt Alchin, David Ashby, & James McCool.

WHY TODAY

Basi­cally, because I’m really bad. My dad bought this for me for my birth­day, but it came today and I got excited and opened the present and imme­di­ately began lis­ten­ing. I hate when I ruin things, but this was almost worth it. I was mostly dis­ap­pointed in  myself that I couldn’t even hold off two days (I mean, it’s not like I didn’t know what was in the pack­age, since he asked me if I wanted it weeks ago), but there was such a heart con­nec­tion to the bril­liance of this album that I [thank­fully] got quickly swept up in hap­pier emo­tions as soon as I popped the CD in. Sorry, Pops.

Also, for the siblings—these lyrics are for you. Listen.

INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)

For the full scoop on Flo­rence + The Machine, see my blog entry this month re: “Dog Days Are Over”.

VIDEO OF THE DAY

And a great live acoustic ver­sion!: