Florence and the Machine: A Music Mix pick

When I first heard Florence & the Machine on last years indie import Kiss With a Fist, I wasnt mad at their arch, catchy brand of Brit-pop very Ting-Tings meet the White Stripes meets a domestic-violence PSA.

Now, it seems, flame-haired frontwoman Florence Welch has joined the ranks of an ever-expanding alt sorority: Girls who are partfaerie.

You know the ones sometimes they carry a harp and seem like they would speak Elvish (Joanna Newsom); or they smile like sexy sister-wives and spin sweet 60s folk melodies (Lavender Diamond).

Other times, they are murky-ambient and vaguely Halloween-y (Pocahaunted) or straight-up Kate-Bush-is-my-spirit-animal (Bat for Lashes), but they all have that misty-magickal, unicorns-are-real vibe.

It can easily turn too precious Little Househair and cobweb-lace capes are no substitute for real songwriting but Florence, swirly-twirly aesthetics aside, seems to have found the sweet spot between Madame Bush weirdiosity and lush, pretty pop, and Im getting kind of excited for her full-length debut,Lungs, due out (in England, at least) July 6.

But visit herMySpace, download her EPA Lot of Love a Lot of Bloodon iTunes, or watch below (Id imbed theofficial scary clown school in the woods clipif YouTube would let me) and tell me if you feel the same: