New Goldfrapp Single

been trying to find 'Train' on slsk but no joy - wanna hear this almost as much as Broadcast's new one

i kinda like it - its a grower i think, and its a love it or loathe it one too - it sounds quite different from what i've heard of them - i love Alison's voice...i'm still listening to the Tom Middleton mix of 'Utopia' all the time

I like Black Cherries. It's a lot sexier than Felt Mountain. Quite elecro sounding. That said I don't think it's anything really special. I still prefer Felt Mountain.

Previously I'd thought of them as a stopgap Portishead. They'd do, but only till the real thing came along. Now they've raised their game and the followers are now leaders.

Oh, might as well revive this thread since:

http://lastgasstation.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/rocket.jpg

It sounds exactly as you might guess it would sound based on that cover.

http://www.lagasta.com/goldfrapp-rocket/

Expect remixes from Richard X, Tiesto, Grum and Penguin Prison.

It's a good song, but I'm sad to find Goldfrapp playing catch-up instead of leading the way. Ned sez "retroironicrediscovery"... sounds about right.

Nice outfit but impractical civil engineering!

How dare you say that about the Jacksons:

http://buzzardbook.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/jacksons-victory-12.jpg

http://kara.allthingsd.com/files/2008/05/bill_gates_-_the_road_ahead_01.jpg

i expect this to sound like Alpinestars 'Jump Jet'

I like it. I don't mind that it's behind the curve, as this particular sound (reminds me of Cosmos "Take Me With You" a bit, though not as amazing obv) doesn't really age for me.

The Man has got involved, can't find anywhere to listen to this.

http://hypem.com/search/goldfrapp%20rocket/1/

I like this! I'd describe it as 80s Menudo + Van Halen's "Jump". Love the cheap-sounding bass!

I've always thought Goldfrapp (although wonderful) aren't usually very good at doing "catchy" (that's why Supernature didn't work for me). Fortunately, this is definitely an exception. I'm also relieved they've ditched the "pastoral" thing TBH.

I'm a big fan of their last album, I liked how they did the whole folksy psychedelic thing, but still managed to sound completely modern.

I wouldn't say that I dislike "Rocket", but I feel slightly disappointed that they are so slavishly reproducing the 80s vibe without bothering to update it or add anything new.

Still buying the new album though...

I still like the first album best, they're very good the wintery John Barry thing. Rocket's nice enough, maybe not so much that I'll acquire the album legally without sampling a few more tracks first.

Love the album cover.

http://www.goldfrapp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/goldfrapp-headfirst150-517x517.jpg

That's a stunning cover. If I had no idea who Goldfrapp was, I'd buy that album based on the cover alone.

Sounds like a Miami Horror remix of "One Day" by Juan MacLean etc which is a very good thing.

I mean, the "you're never coming back" is exactly "you'll realize that I'm the"...

I'm hoping (based on the album art etc.) that this is less just post-electroclash/Gaga-for-Guardian-readers/"lol 80s" and more specifically a kind of technicolour synth-disco affair, a diva-pop equiv to The Avalanches' "A Different Feeling".

"Jump" meets "Xanadu".

^^^^

Absolutely, I'm hoping that the Ewan Pearson Disco Odyssey remix of 'Ride a White Horse' is the template for this.

So now "Believer" is out there, and it's even less interesting than "Rocket." I'm not giving up yet, because history proves some of the best Goldfrapp tracks are the deep cuts as opposed to the singles, but... ehhh.

whiney's twitter was marking this as album of the year yesterday btw

http://twitter.com/1000TimesYes/status/8334677558

BOLD CLAM only 29 days into the year.

ok "so far" on jan 28

lol xp

Although, my favorite albums of the past few years have all come out (or leaked, at least) in Q1.

The Richard X remix of "Rocket" is better, but the original and "Believer" are zzzzzzzzzzzzz

The Richard X remix of "Rocket" is better

And you can judge directly:

http://hypem.com/search/goldfrapp%20rocket%20richard%20x/1/

They're back! New single is stunning.

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

That is very nice indeed.
She looks amazing too, she's not aged in years.

indeed.
if its all in that kind of mood, then it could be a perfect album for the autumn.

Sounds like it's going to have more of a Seventh Tree feel which is fine by me. I agree that this will a perfect soundtrack for autumn. I'm hoping the Beth Gibbons album will come out around the same time, think they'll compliment each other nicely.

Tease(r):

https://twitter.com/goldfrapp/status/821462363513745409

Easily my most anticipated album this year

Same here

single played on BBC6 tomorrow; Lauren Laverne's show.

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

Sounds like they might be continuing to alternate between soft pastoral albums and dancy electro ones. Pity, as I think they're better at the former these days.

Silver Eye out March 31st:

1. Anymore

2. Systemagic

3. Tigerman

4. Become The One

5. Faux Suede Drifter

6. Zodiac Black

7. Beast That Never Was

8. Everything Is Never Enough

9. Moon In Your Mouth

10. Ocean

The single is pretty good. I felt like I was waiting for an amazing chorus that didn't quite arrive.

Yeah same - but I've a feeling it might prove catchier than it first appears.

I was never that keen on Ooh La La and I still ended up loving Supernature so I'm not too worried. Hopefully it will be a grower.

YES!

Deliciously evil-sounding. Like.

I'm cool with this direction - "Tales Of Us" is a great come-down record, but not sure I'd want a retread of that. Even on their lesser records (IMO) they still manage to provide some sublime highlights, like "Hunt" for example.

Production from Haxan Cloak makes me think it will still be mighty weird

https://www.popjustice.com/articles/alison-goldfrapp-interview-silver-eye/

It's weird that she refuses to name the album that she was disappointed with before release when it's obviously Head First. She's slagged it off a few times in the past.

^ Yeah. Was "Head First" the last album they did to get out of a contract or was that the Hits? It felt very "contractual" but it also contains some wicked tracks.

Head First is the only one of their albums I've never listened to.

6Music don't need a new single, they're not finished with "Strict Machine" yet!

(played about 2 days ago, followed by a tweet from a listener approving "Strict Machine is so 6Music...")

^ Yeah. Was "Head First" the last album they did to get out of a contract or was that the Hits? It felt very "contractual" but it also contains some wicked tracks.

― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross)

Yeah, it was. Not long after it came out she said they needed more time on it and the record company had pressured them to make a pop album. She also said it was too shiny and maybe they should have given the songs away to other people. It's one of the albums that when I think about it, I don't really rate it but when I put it on I'm always pleasantly surprised. Hunt, Alive and Rocket would all make my Goldfrapp best of. Alison has named Voicething and Shiny & Warm as the highlights. They're my least favourite songs. Shiny & Warm is just a weak version of Satin Chic without the cool out of tune piano.

speaking of Voicething..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LXl4wUQXsQ

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2euqyXXjmAo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV_G0Xsbvhc&feature=youtu.be

More like it

Shit, not sure why it errored out. Anyway the new Goldfrapp song "Ocean" is good stuff

re: head first, I never even realized that album came out until recently. did they just dump that out there and disown it?

There were sings like "Rocket" and "Alive" which had some promotion but it seems that it didn't move mountains critically or do much for the band in retrospect. Personally I think it's got some sublime tracks like "Hunt" and "Dreaming" as well some other tracks which feel like retreads. The most beautiful thing about is probably the cover art which is visual bliss.

singles*

Head First seemed like them playing catch-up after typically being ahead of curve every other time. When I listened to it, I felt like it was a bunch of stuff I'd already heard other people do.

Oo, it's kind of a bit... proggy?

It's a great track. The opening synth could be out of a Pye Corner Audio/Ghost box track. Classic Goldfrapp arrangement wise - the shuddering fills at the chorus that surround the 4/4 pulse are filmic and momentous while the sonics are gnarled like something out of "Black Cherry". Insanely excited about this album if they do indeed merge the folk side with the electronic in a more symbiotic way.

^ Based on what they've been saying in interviews I mean, on that last point.

I liked Head First a lot, but then I'm a much bigger fan of synthpop than I am of acoustic folk.

I'm a much bigger fan of synthpop than I am of acoustic folk.

Me too, generally, but Tales of Us took my breath away (the first six tracks at least).

"Tales of Us" hit me hard as I was going through a break-up at that time. It's the closest Goldfrapp has sounded to "Felt Mountain" again with the exception of "Seventh Tree". "Stranger" sounds like it walked out of their first album.

ToU came out when I was going through a very bad patch of anxiety and low self-esteem and it was a great tonic.

Cheers chap. It's a refreshing consistent album sound wise IMO

Maybe best one yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFCqp6I2lcs

I can't wait for this album now!

They've also been posting some quite funny pictures on their official FB, too.

With the exception of maybe Lana Del Rey, I can't think of an artist in the recent mainstream to be so entrenched in cinema as Goldfrapp. They're really a unique proposition. Any other artists that mine this territory?

The album is very good. It's not quite in the same league as Tales Of Us. I'm surprised how mellow the whole thing is. It's much more like Moon In Your Mouth than Anymore. Most of the album is similar in atmosphere to Forever, Time Out From The World, Black Cherry and Let It Take You.

I love all of those tracks, particularly 'Let It Take You' and 'Black Cherry' (I love how warm and bassy track is) so I absolutely without doubt can't wait to hear this now.

Kitchen person - sounds like my ideal Goldfrapp album - their slow tracks on "Black Cherry" and "Supernature" are my faves.

All-time Goldfrapp track is "White Soft Rope"

This album is phenomenal. It's the closest they've come to recreating the magic of "Black Cherry" and "Supernature" and feels like a course-correct to "Head First" (which I still like).

It's split roughly 50/50 between the stirring deep electro ballads and up-beat numbers, but the sequencing may make it seem like it's heavier on the slow tracks.

As far as Goldfrapp albums and their stylistic counterparts, I rank them as

Felt Mountain > Seventh Tree and Tales of Us are a piece (Tales of Us even nods to the whistling of "Lovely Head" in "Stranger").

Black Cherry > Supernature > Silver Eye

and Heads First is somewhat of an outlier to me, although the new one revisits the sound in "Everything is Never Enough".

surprise i love a goldfrapp album

feel like this is their moodiest electrofrapp record but that may be a consequence of the sequencing

^ Sounds about right Brad, it's definitely their moodiest - it's pretty unrelenting in that. Reminds me of their bsides which were always more evocative mood-wise

Only listened to it once, but already I completely disagree with Petridish's review: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/30/goldfrapp-silver-eye-review-alexis-petridis-album-of-the-week

Where he hears stagnation I hear refinement, and I think it may be amongst their most original and inventive works in its quiet way. I feel it'll hold up to lot of relistening.

"moon in your mouth" is devastating

i'm just four tracks in and so far this seems like one of their best dance albums in a long time? Tigerman is dreamy.

It should come as a surprise to absolutely no one that I love this record.

it bothers me that none of the reviews mention Tales of Us in their "it blends the X of Felt Mountain, the Y of Black Cherry and Supernature, the Z of Seventh Tree and the utter crap of Head First" roundups

I think Tales Of Us is their best

it absolutely is

Supernature is.

Right now my order would go

Black Cherry
Tales Of Us
Seventh Tree
Silver Eye/Felt Mountain
Supernature
Head First

I can't decide which my favourite is out of Felt Mountain, Black Cherry and Tales of Us.

Love it. Best elektrofrappenplatte to date.

Felt Mountain is my favourite. "Deer Stop" is gorgeous.

"Faux Suede Drifter" on the new one is stunning

New one kinda harkens back to this feel at times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1txW6tMaOos

I tyhi k the second half of this is better. The first half is more or less divided between stompers and chillers, whereas the songs on the second sound like they have a folk attitude compositionally, and an electro one in terms of arrangement.

Second half of this is great, starting with the aforementioned amazing "Faux Suede Drifter".

Really loving the whole thing. It is two halves like chap mentions, and I think "Become The One" and "Everything is Never Enough" are epic stompers on each respective side. "Ocean" is a powerful frazzled closer that perfectly wraps back around to "Anymore".

Strongly suggest finding a way to listen to this on a good set of headphones. Love how this sounds.

Amazing song from the new album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTb0iFBRcUE

Tickets just went on sale here for their Vancouver show. Anyone catching them on this tour? Last time I saw them was Black Cherry era and it was one of the best shows I've been to

Oooh! Imma check for Toronto tickets!

A handful of plays on, I feel the production and arrangements on Silver Eye are probably their best, but perhaps the songwriting isn't quite up to scratch? There seems to be a lack of gorgeous melodies and memorable hooks compared to earlier work. Still a rich, enjoyable listen, and I appreciate they were probably going for more of a textured ambient experience with this one, at least in the back half.

Seeing them tonight, anyone else catch this tour? Seems the setlist has been pretty static with the exception of "Black Cherry" (!!)

mostly supernature/silver eyes tracks on tour

I still love Silver Eye, but perhaps not as much as Supernature, Black Cherry or Head First.

Turrican, you would love this tour. Setlist was largely Supernature, and the band closed with an extended mix of "Strict Machine" (very similar to the We are Glitter mix). Nothing from Head First at this show though "Dreaming" and "Shiny and Warm" have been played on this tour.

I think I may be the only person who thinks Seventh Tree is their best album.

i saw them open for New Order and it was pretty mesmerizing. and I had NO IDEA Alison Goldfrapp is 51 years old.

Moodles, Seventh Tree is definitely one of my favourites, the inverse of Tales of Us and includes probably one of their best tracks, "Eat Yourself". No songs from Tree or Tales on this tour, the band's trajectory is mostly dancefloor elevation

I think I may be the only person who thinks Seventh Tree is their best album.

― Moodles, Saturday, September 23, 2017 7:34 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Nope. To me it's her best by far.

Nice

I'm the only person who thinks Tales of Us is her best album so here we are all off in niches

Don't know about on here, but I know at least one person IRL who agrees with you.

Up thread there's some users who cite tales of us as favourite. It's mine as well over time

Seventh Tree is underrated, even if it's not the side of Goldfrapp I prefer.

I'm the only person who thinks Tales of Us is her best album so here we are all off in niches

― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Sunday, 24 September 2017 01:54 (six hours ago) Permalink

Nope. One of my favourite albums full stop. Seeing her in Glasgow on Halloween and looking forward to a bigger dancier vibe tho

I’m liking the production on the last one but find it a bit lacking tune-wise

The slower tracks on Silver Eye are quite similar to Goldfrapp bsides ("Bodo" w/ Pale 3 is akin to "Faux Suede Drifter" for example). Or they're an amalgamation of Black Cherry/Tales Of Us style, like on "Beast That Never Was". But yeah not so sure about the more upbeat ones, they're not as tuneful as anything on Supernature/Black Cherry.

On a side note, Goldfrapp are pure fire live, and very heavy (largely in part to their excellent bassist and 3 female keyboardists). They're quite different on record though.

Chalk me up also in the Tales Of Us best album camp, no question. Seems weird you can't buy the accompanying film as it's a lovely thing and even had a (limited) cinema release.

Also seems mad they never released their Medea music either

^ whoa, thanks for mentioning that - never heard that

I've enjoyed all their albums, but Black Cherry, Tales Of Us and Seventh Tree are their three masterpieces for me. I have a hard time picking between Tales Of Us and Seventh Tree.

would rank them similarly kitchen but felt mountain has to be included, especially for "Deer Stop"

Supernature is their masterpiece, IMO. Excellent synthpop.

Number One and Ride a White Horse destroyed the crowd live, it's definitely the peak of their synthpop exrcusions

also Supernature has the beguiling "Time Out from the World" and "Let It Take You"

I just love the way the album sounds - it's really smooth and shiny. The artwork could not represent the contents any better!

ok this is hitting the spot this morning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcsvgsedz20

Had no idea this was out! What happened to Will?

bump, this is really good! not everything is amazing but there's some really great stuff on here. the grooves are huge, expensive ass digital plug ins making everything sound like glitter waterfalls. the songs are classy, occasionally brilliant, some a little forgettable. but a super friendly / inviting listen overall.

I like this as much as black cherry and the other pop album (head on? Or whatever), maybe more TBH.

Damn, "Faux Suede Drifter" has been hitting hard this week.

I think I completely missed Silver Eye, and it looks like this thread missed it as well. Is it good?

It's probably my least favourite of theirs, but it's still good. It's in the category of their lesser albums along with Supernature and Head First.

They do seem to be incapable of making bad albums and I hope they come back soon.

Hmm, I would put it in the top tier. Strikes a pretty good balance between their dual tendencies, which I find grating when taken to the extreme (7th Tree, Head First).

Had no idea this was out! What happened to Will?

― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, May 13, 2023 11:07 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

https://willgregorymoogensemble.bandcamp.com/album/heat-ray-the-archimedes-project

A couple singles out now from the next Alison Goldfrapp album Flux, coming August 15. I thought the first solo album might be just a one-off, but it seems like this is what she's doing now. Can't complain, she's sounding good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciFTyos0ru8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBt4et04fj8