Goldfrapp/Alison Goldfrapp S/D

new album is amazing

felt mountainy?

new thread surely?

it's more like felt mountain than the others, but it still has a lot of pretty pop melodies. it has more of a mid-60s vibe than anything else they've done. people love the 60's, don't they?

wouldn't wanna live there

I was hoping this was gonna be their 'Twin Peaks' album.

didn't want to be the one to start the new thread because i don't have much to say except i really like the new one. very minimal, sparse, arrangements, very nice...

it's totally not what i expected!

it sounds like a gauzy, summery 60s album so far

bad form alert: where are you getting these fresh new recordings these days?

im wondering the same, stmusic turned out to be a washout.

didn't get random waffles invite yet :(

Another amazing album. Goldfrapp are one of the few artists where I listen to the album all the way through.

a&e is sooooo good

title?

Seventh Tree

is the rest of Black Cherry as good as "Strict Machine"? (which I only know courtesy of Miami Vice)

yes

'The singles' deluxe box edition

To coincide with the release of 'the singles' collection, Goldfrapp will release a special deluxe limited edition. The deluxe edition features a 12 inch, circular, lift-off lid, rigid box edged in black velvet.

Two pieces of 180gsm 12 inch vinyl containing the album and a collection of the band's b-sides. This will be the only pressing on vinyl and is unique to this edition. A previously unreleased track, exclusive to this edition. The edition houses 11 rare and specially created images from the band's visual archive. An individually numbered certificate signed by Alison and Will.

Product specifications:
Box
- a 12 inch diameter, circular, lift off lid, rigid box edged in black velvet, lined with black with full colour print to lid and base.

Inserts
- the 6 inserts are 300mm in diameter, printed full colour to both faces and gloss varnished. The insert panels are printed on 400gsm coated card stock and are edge gilded in black.

Interleaving panels
- the three interleaving panels are 300mm in diameter and foil blocked to one face with a common design.

Certificate

The certificate is single colour printed on 300gsm uncoated art board. Each certificate is individually numbered and signed. Access to the contents is by means of a black satin ribbon pull.
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Yours for £99.99!

http://www.goldfrapp.com/

oh for fucks sake

I quite like Goldfrapp but come the fuck on. Not even Liberace would package an album like that.

tbh i can't blame any band for rinsing whatever obsessive, wealthy fans they might have these days

i mean yeah £99.99 is a bit lol but it's not like the music isn't being downloaded for free every day - overpriced live tickets are far more egregious imo

It's the same problem I had with the deluxe vinyl release of Bowie's 'Station To Station' (although that package had even more bumpf in the form of extra tracks that you'd only be interested in hearing if you were on as much cocaine as DB was at the time).
Heavyweight vinyl. Fine.
Bonus tracks that only appear on the LP version. Fine.
A bit of velvet, pics of Alison and Will looking grumpy, and what sounds like one of Dame Barbara Cartland's hat boxes? No. Thanks.

By coincidence I just jumped from the 2 Bears thread to this and was wondering whether the former's deluxe box set (with tea towel and ping pong bats) was supposed to be a joke at the expense of the ludicrousness of everything coming in a deluxe box.

If I was ever successful enough to have a 'singles/greatest hits' collection then I'd include a kitchen sink in the deluxe edition. Then I'd retire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9L0jD35TKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_exjjrVCws

That Strict Machine performance is fantastic.

Essential b-sides: "White Soft Rope" and Pale 3 feat. Goldfrapp - "Bodo".

periodic reminder that tales of us is a masterpiece

I just played Tales Of Us last week. It really is a stunning record that's perfect for this time of year. I'm more than ready for a follow up.

true say, still one of my favourite albums this century.

btw all of the 5 films that were made to accompany 'Tales.. ' are on YouTube on GoldfrappTV and are very lovely. Originally they were a mini-movie (shown only once on a big screen and for some reason never released as a separate film on DVD).

to replicate the experience of the film, the clips should be watched in this order; Stranger, Laurel, Jo, Drew and Annabel.
it's worth doing if you like the record!

http://www.youtube.com/user/GoldfrappTV

I hope their next one is a synthpop record a la Supernature

I tried to write about the minimovie, failed

the collab with dave gahan was pretty cool

Cannot muster any enthusiasm for this solo album. First single is utterly forgettable

trying to explain the difference between "Goldfrapp" and "Alison Goldfrapp" is going to be a fun few weeks

New single does remind me of 'Somewhere Near Marseilles'

Came here to say how pleasant I found So Hot So Hard (even if the first seconds soound like a McCartney sample) despite never really being a big fan of Goldfrapp.

Probably because it’s more dancefloor friendly than the band ever was and more my thing.

I'd missed that this was happening, but listening now it sounds like the goal here is to be Róisín Murphy with none of the risk or effort.