Róisín Murphy-Overpowered

bangin' new choon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucg-S2WpMec

oh man, nice

Great! What the heck does that synth line in the chorus remind me of though? Really bugging me.

Ah, Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing.

There's another new song too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCOqB6Pc43Y

'overpowered' is totally an amazing album, i like it a lot more than the herbert one

thank you thank you thank you stevem

New single out November 16
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/Roisin_HighRes.jpg
It's streaming on her Myspace right now

that cover!!!!

It's a truly bizarre single, the way its constructed musically. But I love it.

Terrible sleeve.

hate to say it, but "cougar Sheila E." is not a good look on her

i wonder when that was taken? she's like 9 months pregnant now, so it must be from a pretty old shoot.

like the track a lot, more excited about the upcoming uk funky beats and donaeo collabs she's promising.

omg

so conflicted

New York, NY– (November 2, 2009) – Disco Electro Pop Queen Roisin Murphy has been busy as the almost 9 month gone pregnant singer is ready to unleash her new single as well as become a new mother. After nearly 2.5 years of promoting her critically-acclaimed OVERPOWERED album, Murphy has been in the studio working diligently on her new music. “ORALLY FIXATED” will be one of three singles that Murphy will be distributing by AWAL (http://www.awal.com/content/roisin-murphy-feature) into iTUNES with a release date of November 16th in the UK and November 17th in the US.

Murphy is also taking a more viral approach with these releases than ever before through video blogs, remix competitions, and some other special surprises. “My fans are so loyal and I am really excited to have them more involved in my creations,” says Murphy. New music has been hinted to as Murphy has made special appearances recently spinning in clubs throughout London and was this year’s musical muse for VIKTOR & ROLF’s Paris Fashion Show.

“Orally Fixated” will first stream on her social networking pages – www.myspace.com/roisinmurphy and www.facebook.com/roisinmurphy first and then a global 48 hour free download promotion will be launched from www.guardian.co.uk/music to be announced in coming days. As Murphy will be tending to motherhood during the later part of this year she urges her fans to be patient as the upcoming singles will be rolled out in early 2010 in a special way virally for her loyal fan base and others. The new music to come will tread on a new departure for Murphy as she explores a new edge mixing a bit of key note British urban beats and MC’s to her notable pop sensibilities. For more information please stay tuned to both Myspace and Facebook pages alike.

Terrible timing as far as promoting the record goes, hence the viral approach I guess.

Like anyone was going to buy it anyway...

i really really like this song!

Who produced it?

So am I the only one who thinks that cover=HOT!

she is never not hot

I'm not sure what to make of the song. Kinda sounds like a remix. But yeah definitely interesting I guess... and that guitar solo, WTF? (not in a bad way though).

xpost- she's never not hot ...but do you think she looks hot in this one?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/3433132077_f291c6213b.jpg

ha....warm rather than hot there perhaps

So am I the only one who thinks that cover=HOT!

it is but on such a basic level that it feels like pandering she hasn't done before for whatever reason. maybe it is cool to do in a 'wanna do this before becoming a mum' type way or maybe just 'people who didn't buy the last two aren't gonna go for this but a cruder/more provocative cover might attract newcomers'? me cynical

tbh i hate the sleeve more for the tacky black outline around the white text. i dislike the title too but maybe just because of the shakira similarity. it all seems a bit wrong but the single is alright (probably a grower).

That new cover is so obviously a joke. It looks like a scene from a Jackie Collins novel or something.

obviously i approve of the new cover but i eagerly look forward to it being praised as art by an artist not like those pussycat doll whores by various liberals

It's not the crudeness that bothers me, it's just how badly done it is. It looks like it aims for Jackie Collins but actually hits somewhere around Readers Wives. Maybe that's the point, but it just looks cheap.

Okay whatever one below Jackie Collins is on the trashy fiction scale.

the typeface is pretty tacky and it makes the title look like 'anally fixated'

The cover is more Bunuel/Deneuve in Belle du Jour than Jackie Collins. The outline stroke on the the type though, yes: horrific.

its the same typeface from the last album tho - Shelley Volante. i've used it before on a wedding invite design for a friend ha ha.

When I think that I'm over you, I'm anally fixated.

lol

yeah, it's the font and the layout that take what is potentially workable and slide it right into super-corny and cheeep looking. By contrast, the "Overpowered" cover is fab. I get the "Belle de Jour" ambition but it doesn't work. Anyway, hope record is awesome.

Shelley Volante is such a great name.

As far as I can make out, the lyrics are about feeding an insatiable infant boy. There's no room for more cunning linguistic interpretations. Which makes that cover doubly odd (and wholly out of keeping with her groomed persona).

On the Guardian website now:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/audio/2009/nov/10/download-roisin-murphy-orally-fixated

HELLO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHLC4sXm8VI

FUCKING AWESOME. can't put it any better than rich juzwiak on twitter - this song contains almost all of the best dance music sounds from the past 30 years.

^ awesome!! The last two minutes make for instant summer 2010 excitement.

love the hiphouse drums and piano. reminds me of the beatmasters but roisin is no betty boo!

sounds a bit like martha wash fronting technique-era new order

this is a very good thing in my book

http://www.awal.com/sites/localhost/files/imagecache/cover/packshots/842108058756.jpg

Mama's Place out on 18 Jan

out of the thin black stroke frying pan and into the drop shadow fire ;]

yup, that's quite an outer glow shes got going on

I take it all of the best sounds in the last 30 years of dance music are from 1987. That aside, I hated the last album and love this song.

I take it all of the best sounds in the last 30 years of dance music are from 1987.

Yes I think this is what Lex/Rich secretly mean. But if you had to choose a year it's a great year to choose! Liking this a lot.

i'd go for 89/90. they year dancin danny d paired with cathy dennis blew up. damn she was fine. incidentally they dont sound too unlike the latest roisin outing.

all of the best sounds in the last 30 years of dance music are from 1987

well duh