The perfect gift for fans of Florence + the Machine featuring lyrics never-before-seen poetry
and scrapbook entries from the award-winning singer 'An alchemy of memoir and imagination'
Waterstones Newsletter Songs can be incredibly prophetic like subconscious warnings or
messages to myself but I often don't know what I'm trying to say till years later. Or a
prediction comes true and I couldn't do anything to stop it so it seems like a kind of useless
magic. Florence Welch needs no introduction. As the lead vocalist of the award-winning band
Florence + The Machine who burst onto the scene with their cult-classic debut album Lungs
she has won the hearts of fans across the globe with her ethereal voice and theatrical stage
presence and more recently for her collaboration with Taylor Swift on Florida! . Now ahead
of the release of the band's new album Everybody Scream explore the iconic voice of their
acclaimed singer with this stunning collection of her lyrics poems and scrapbook entries.
Featuring beautiful illustrations and journal-style intimacy Useless Magic is the must-have
book for any Florence + The Machine fan. Praise for Useless Magic 'Pop's high priestess
bares her soul in this candid collection of poems and lyrics' Observer 'A treasure . . .
beautiful. Generous in its honesty by the end you feel as though you have climbed into the
colourful and sometimes tortured world of a passionate artist' i News 'Makes the reader
feel as though they're peeking into a private journal' Refinery29
