The bluesy South London crooner Florence Welch writes songs that occupy the same confessional territory of gossip-loving, genre-bending contemporaries like Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash, Adele, and Lily Allen, blending murder, mayhem, sweetness, and light into an intoxicating brew that earned the young artist considerable buzz in 2007. Managed by the Camden-based DJ duo The Queens Of Noize, Florence and the Machine - usually featuring Welch accompanied by a single guitar player and occasional drummer - released their debut single, "Kiss with a Fist," on the Moshi Moshi label in June 2008. Their critically acclaimed debut album 'Lungs' was released in the summer of 2009, when it spent five consecutive weeks at the number 2 spot in the UK album charts, held off the top spot by a Michael Jackson compilation. In January of 2010 it won the Brit Award for Best British album and finally topped the chart.Three singles taken from the album have made the UK Top Thirty, 'Dog Days Are Over', 'You've Got The Love' and 'Rabbit Heart'.Winners of the best British album at this year's Brit Awards, Florence And The Machine are one of the biggest success stories of 2009 and are now one of the hottest rock acts around.