Dance Feverwas recorded predominately in London over the course of the pandemic in anticipation of the worlds reopening. It conjures up whatFlorencemissed most in the midst of lockdown -clubs, dancing at festivals, being in the whirl of movement and togetherness -and the hope of reunions to come. Its the album that brings back the very best ofFlorence the festival headlining Boudicca, wielding anthems like a flaming sword.

Just before the pandemicFlorencehad become fascinated by choreomania, a Renaissance phenomenon in which groups of people – sometimes thousands – danced wildly to the point of exhaustion, collapse and death. The imagery resonated with Florence, who had been touring nonstop for more than a decade, and in lockdown felt oddly prescient.

The image and concept of dance, and choreomania, remained central a