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"Florence and the Machine singer Florence Welch has revealed her fascination with spiritual subject matter while working on the band&amp;#039;s second studio album. The 24-year-old singer claimed that although she is not religious, she does have an interest in paranormal activity and would like to channel that focus while recording the new album. &amp;quot;It would be fun to get shamans&amp;#039; robes for everyone while we&amp;#039;re recording,&amp;quot; Welch told the Daily Star. &amp;quot;So everyone \u00E2\u20AC\u201C the whole band \u00E2\u20AC\u201C gets dressed for work, puts on their big robe, and comes down to the studio.&amp;quot; Speaking about her interest in spirituality, Welch explained: &amp;quot;I love seances, witchcraft, heaven and hell, voodoo, gospel, possession, demons, exorcism and all that stuff. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not a religious person. Sex, violence, love, death, all the topics that I&amp;#039;m constantly wrestling with, it&amp;#039;s all connected back to religion.&amp;quot; The Lungs star also confirmed that she will be working with Isabelle &amp;#039;Machine&amp;#039; Summers on the band&amp;#039;s follow-up to their 2009 debut, which reached number one in the UK and number 14 in the US. &amp;quot;I think it&amp;#039;s important to work with people you know who know my process. I find I get a bit nuts if I do it all by myself, I need somebody to bounce off. I&amp;#039;m going to do the writing then we&amp;#039;ll record it as a band.&amp;quot; Welch added: &amp;quot;I feel like we kind of hit on an idea for the first album, but we didn&amp;#039;t make a 24-song recording. So we need to finish it up and solve that idea, whatever that is. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re constantly looking for a resolution but that never comes. That&amp;#039;s why you keep making music - You&amp;#039;re looking for an answer but you never get it so you keep making it up.&amp;quot; Producer Paul Epworth recently revealed that work on the band&amp;#039;s second studio album is nearly complete and will &amp;quot;probably be finished by the end of July&amp;quot;. &amp;gt; Florence and the Machine play new track &amp;#039;What The Water Gave Me&amp;#039; Watch Florence and the Machine&amp;#039;s hit single &amp;#039;Dog Days Are Over&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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