Saw Florence + the Machine tonight at the WOMADelaide festival. Prior to tonight I was vaguely aware of her and had enjoyed a couple of her songs, but hadn't explored further than that. I came away fascinated and enthralled. She is the platonic ideal of one of those nymphs that drags men into lakes and eats them. She held a young woman's face and sang gently to her for a full two minutes. Her face was rapturous.

Womad doesn't tend to bring in artists this big. She might be the biggest they've ever had. But despite her having a machine of security and other staff around her, she engaged with the audience much more intimately than anyone else I've seen.

She would make an amazing cult leader.

ow my ears