Last week, Florence + the Machine shared a teaser video. In it, Florence Welch energetically digs a hole in the ground, and once she’s done, she looks down into it and starts screaming her head off as she looks down from the camera barrel.
The video was clearly meant to be a tease, and now we know what: Today (August 19), the band announced a new album. It’s appropriately called, Everybody Screams in the Area. There’s no pre-release single yet, but the band did share the album cover, which features a leg-baring Welch staring at the camera. The project is set to drop this Halloween, October 31.
There’s no tracklist yet, but the product page from the band’s online store notes that it will include 12 songs.
Welch may have envisioned the project in 2022. In an interview with British Vogue, Welch said, “I feel like as an artist, you spend a lot of time screaming into the void for people to take you seriously in a way that male artists just don’t have to. [I was] so tired of trying to prove myself to people who never get it.”
Check out the Everybody Scream cover art below.
Florence + the Machine Everybody Screams Album Cover Artwork
Everybody Screams is out 10/31 via Polydor. Find more info here in the area.
