Anecdotes

Band consists of singer Florence Welch with Robert Ackroyd, Christopher Lloyd Hayden, Isabella Summers (who is the Machine part of the band) Tom Monger and Mark Saunders.

First album 'Lungs' released July 2009.

Won the Critics' Choice award at the Brit Awards 2009 (2009). [18 February 2009].

Nominated for the Mercury Prize 2009 (2009) [21 July 2009].

Won the Best Album award for 'Lungs' at the Brit Awards 2010 (2010). [16 February 2010].

The band's name initially started as an insider joke between lead singer Florence Welch and Isabella Summers, who nicknamed themselves Florence Robot and Isabella Machine respectively. Having been an hour away from the first gig, the band didn't have a name at all. Welch first considered using 'Florence Robot/Isa Machine', which she considered too long, until she later chose 'Florence and the Machine'.