New track out and album announced:
http://pitchfork.com/news/58494-roisin-murphy-announces-hairless-toys-lp-shares-gone-fishing/
― daavid, Monday, February 16, 2015 4:10 PM (1 hour ago)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 February 2015 22:54 (four years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ym6Fsxp.jpg
01 Gone Fishing02 Evil Eyes03 Exploitation04 Uninvited Guest05 Exile06 House of Glass07 Hairless Toys (Gotta Hurt)08 Unputdownable
Eight songs seems like not a lot after such a long wait, but maybe (I hope?) they're eight REALLY GOOD songs. "Gone Fishing" portends good things imo.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 February 2015 23:00 (four years ago) link
It's getting better with every listen. It may be my favorite song of the year so far.
― daavid, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 00:41 (four years ago) link
It really is so good.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 00:42 (four years ago) link
I especially love the pitch-shifting 'strings'
― daavid, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 00:43 (four years ago) link
Just listened to it three times in a row, agree with daavid it's probably the best thing I've heard so far this year.
― ewar woowar (or something), Tuesday, 17 February 2015 11:42 (four years ago) link
the songs are long - "Exploitation" cracks nine minutes acc to itunes
Anyway this song is great!
― Simon H., Tuesday, 17 February 2015 13:55 (four years ago) link
Going Fishing travels so many places in six minutes. I typically have "long-song ADD" but I sort of trust her to not let me down in this regard.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 19:03 (four years ago) link
I like that it works out she's spent one year per song on this new album. Judging by Gone Fishing this album is going to be worth the wait.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 19:52 (four years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2015/02/23/roisin-murphy-release-jealousy-12-crosstown-rebels/
"Ahead of Hairless Toys, her first solo album in eight years, Róisín Murphy has recorded a club-focused 12″ for Damian Lazarus’ Crosstown Rebels label."
There's not really much to the "house mix," a youtube of which is embedded at that link, but I'm quite interested in hearing the "disco mix".
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 February 2015 21:52 (four years ago) link
somehow only just heard "jealousy" - it's amazing, both mixes, actually much more so than "gone fishing" which underwhelmed a bit in the end
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 14:16 (four years ago) link
And here's Exploitation... http://pitchfork.com/news/58951-roisin-murphy-shares-exploitation/
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 15:22 (four years ago) link
Don't know if it's amazing or insane. Or both.
― daavid, Thursday, 26 March 2015 00:45 (four years ago) link
Murphy occupies a unique position, the gay diva with a library, reclining before floor-to-ceiling shelves in interviews. Shes a nutter but she's our nutter.
― You and your damn elves, I'm sick of it! (Sanpaku), Friday, 27 March 2015 01:22 (four years ago) link
I've probably said that about the Unabomber on other forums.
I'm a softer being.
― You and your damn elves, I'm sick of it! (Sanpaku), Friday, 27 March 2015 01:25 (four years ago) link
(comma, after momentary sobriety), now.
― You and your damn elves, I'm sick of it! (Sanpaku), Friday, 27 March 2015 01:28 (four years ago) link
I want to like the disco mix of "Jealousy" but hearing the sampled guitar from Ahzz's "New York's Moving" without the synths is killing me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud2epRXRFmU
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 28 March 2015 01:57 (four years ago) link
The album is out there now. It's really beautiful.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 12 April 2015 16:55 (four years ago) link
oooh yes!
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 12 April 2015 16:57 (four years ago) link
I'm still absorbing it but there are definitely a bunch of OMFG moments
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Sunday, 12 April 2015 21:32 (four years ago) link
Video for "Exploitation"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjSwFsPCeJ4#t=143
― daavid, Monday, 13 April 2015 15:50 (four years ago) link
that video makes me want a boiled egg
― cerealbar, Monday, 13 April 2015 15:56 (four years ago) link
album version is too long though (maybe)
― cerealbar, Monday, 13 April 2015 15:58 (four years ago) link
this bangs and is weird
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 13 April 2015 21:25 (four years ago) link
i.e. in character
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 April 2015 23:52 (four years ago) link
I can't unsee Dolores O'Riordan.
― StanM, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 01:52 (four years ago) link
i really don't know what i think of the album yet but it feels like she's tiptoeing around the concept somewhat. which she should, to be fair, because it's a minefield, but it ends up so careful. some very impressive moments w/r/t structure, arrangements etc but she never goes for it at any point? when "jealousy" comes on afterwards it feels a billion times more alive.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 07:57 (four years ago) link
think the restraint contributes to the anxiety and tension kinda running unbrokenly through the whole record
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 13:30 (four years ago) link
"jealousy" is great obv but a different thing
re: the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLoyu9PcmBc
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 13:32 (four years ago) link
i think it comes at the expense of any real emotional pull tbh. it's a very tasteful and accomplished concept album but it feels like RM knew that the entire thing had to be handled with care - straight white woman makes album explicitly and entirely about gay black men's experiences, how could it possibly go wrong - and it ended up a touch too sensitive, maybe. idk, i'm still getting to grips with it but i'm not exactly drawn to put it on much, and when i do i find myself appreciating it on a head level way more than on a heart level.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:10 (four years ago) link
haven't yet seen an interview with her, would have pitched but it's not as if i know a huge amount about the paris is burning era either, lol
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:11 (four years ago) link
I was about to ask: where are you getting the info about the album? I'd love to read it.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:20 (four years ago) link
the initial press bumpf i presume, not any in-depth feature
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:23 (four years ago) link
yeah the press release she wrote:
This song was written after I watched the documentary film Paris Is Burning, having read an article which referenced it in a discussion about House music's origins in black, gay culture. I was deeply moved by this film. 'I had to run this far from home' - it's about the outcasts who could never fit into mainstream society and how they created a safe place in the drag 'Ball' scene of New York in the ‘80s. 'Will we live on? The children of La Beija' refers to the 'house' of Pepper La Beija, who was one of the most notable figures on the scene, Pepper is also quoted in Malcolm McLaren's song on the same subject 'Deep In Vogue'. The culture was a flamboyant reaction to persecution and disillusionment, the imagination and bravery of these kids is simply awe-inspiring. I envisioned 'Gone Fishing' almost as a song from a Broadway musical version of this story. The making of one's own world, a safer world and the creation of a new, better family in music or youth culture is a theme I touch upon elsewhere on my album Hairless Toys.
straight white woman makes album explicitly and entirely about gay black men's experiences
afaict this only applies to "gone fishing"
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:26 (four years ago) link
i haven't studied the lyrics or anything but she seems to return to those themes pretty consistently throughout
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:31 (four years ago) link
hm well neither have i tbh
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:36 (four years ago) link
also it feels very weird at a time when the ballroom scene seems so healthy for RM to reference it so explicitly as an influence but not go anywhere near it sonically
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:39 (four years ago) link
Murphy's seems to have been adopted by the transgenderqueer (etc., I don't keep up) community for a while.
― Dreyfuss levels of hopeless romantic (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 18:56 (four years ago) link
's (Video is one of several unofficial fan videos for "Simulation" featuring trangender peeps - parts might be unsafe for some workplaces)
― Dreyfuss levels of hopeless romantic (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 18:59 (four years ago) link
i feel like the new record is kind of a sister (or cousin) to last year's mr twin sister album
― j. winters (josh), Sunday, 19 April 2015 19:04 (four years ago) link
Hmm, hadn't thought about that, but makes sense on the surface.
I'm definitely a fan of the straightforwardness of Overpowered. This one takes more dedication to love, like Ruby Blue did imo.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 20 April 2015 04:05 (four years ago) link
been listening to this a lot lately and came across a track-by-track where she basically confirms that only "gone fishing" is about balling, the rest is about her strange interior life. was surprised to find out "exploitation" is literally about sex but in retrospect it's obvious
anyway this is still one of my favorite records of the year, though it makes more sense as a follow up to ruby blue than overpowered. "unputdownable" prob one of my favorite love songs of all time at this point
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 14:29 (four years ago) link
i waited so long for a new RM album but now there is one i couldn't care less, it's weird.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 14:41 (four years ago) link
I played it a lot in late May but haven't returned to it. Too quiet and the melodies are skimpy.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 14:43 (four years ago) link
gonna give it my first shot in weeks b/c Brad.
yeah really liking unputdownable, thanks Brad. I think i was put off by the single with the queazy speeding-slowing thing going on. hated that.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 14:46 (four years ago) link
Too quiet and the melodies are skimpy.
sympathetic to this but i think i like it bc of how pared down and nervously quiet it is
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 15:31 (four years ago) link
also i'm a real sucker for the jazzy guitar runs in "exploitation" and "house of glass"
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 15:32 (four years ago) link
loving the EPs released this year - hope she does a full length soon or a LP with Fulton, they have serious chemistry
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:38 (one year ago) link
based on her recent interviews that doesn't seem to be a space she's right now
― Number None, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:40 (one year ago) link
*space she's in
I mean we're basically getting a full album's worth of material from her this year
― ufo, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 23:31 (one year ago) link
mix six six six
http://www.factmag.com/2018/08/13/roisin-murphy-fact-mix-moloko/
― lowercase (eric), Sunday, 19 August 2018 17:45 (one year ago) link
While I'm not terribly familiar with the Fulton collaboration EPs, I believe that's a new Murphy/Fulton track at 37:40.
― Roomba with an attitude (Sanpaku), Sunday, 19 August 2018 18:18 (one year ago) link
Sorry, that's just Jackie Moore - "This Time Baby" (1979), not listed in the track listing.
Sadly shows how shallow my disco knowledge is, despite decades of interest.
― Roomba with an attitude (Sanpaku), Sunday, 19 August 2018 18:26 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3rRS9OBSGwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRwXPxtrfsc
especially liking Can't Hang On but these are both great
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 18:42 (one year ago) link
Both have huge instant appeal.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 14 September 2018 19:02 (one year ago) link
The two new ones sound a lot looser (as in: studio jams) than the others so far, esp. 'The Rumble'.
― Jeff W, Friday, 19 October 2018 17:57 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O5EJJNw9zY
these songs are all so fucking good
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:12 (one year ago) link
the 51 minutes of music róisín put out this year is my album of the year
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:15 (one year ago) link
hell yeah, all her releases this year have been fire
― davey, Thursday, 15 November 2018 20:02 (one year ago) link
Add the 2 tracks from the DJ Koze album and you have a lovely full hour of new stuff.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 15 November 2018 20:41 (one year ago) link
Crooked Man feat. Róisín Murphy - Incapable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwtI8G_7ZrA
Melting....
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 23:09 (eight months ago) link
PREMENSTRUAL COPYNOT FOR MALES
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 23:10 (eight months ago) link
^^ this is no longer vinyl only: https://open.spotify.com/album/5a9qnrBPEtdYCmO8x6L0Jp
― monotony, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 06:23 (six months ago) link
https://youtu.be/H02BPY7vEms
new single
― ufo, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 15:48 (six months ago) link
oh lol that's what was linked before whoops
― ufo, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:01 (six months ago) link
great another magnificent song
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:02 (six months ago) link
That's more like it.
I even bought it on iTunes to help her out.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:07 (six months ago) link
Like this the most of her recent spate of singles.
― chap, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:37 (six months ago) link
reeeeeeemix
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Friday, 12 July 2019 21:21 (five months ago) link
reeeeeeeeeeeeeeemix
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Friday, 12 July 2019 21:22 (five months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoxLXfgno-w
this remix is so good
― ufo, Friday, 6 September 2019 01:28 (three months ago) link
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
It's a very nice initiative, Alfred, but I'm pretty sure that RM is living a pretty good life off the back of the excellent music she's been making. I totally understand where you're coming from though and always bandcamp the things I love but I'd be surprised if RM needs help in this regard.
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Friday, 6 September 2019 01:38 (three months ago) link
fwiw, I always bandcamp the things I play out unless I can't find them to buy.
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Friday, 6 September 2019 01:40 (three months ago) link
oh, but yes, I forgot the point of my post! You should bandcamp it rather than itunes it!
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Friday, 6 September 2019 01:43 (three months ago) link
I appreciate the unnecessary rebuke, jed. Thanks!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 September 2019 01:45 (three months ago) link
sorry for the repetition, i'm drunk.
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Friday, 6 September 2019 01:49 (three months ago) link
Thanks, Alf! x
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Friday, 6 September 2019 01:50 (three months ago) link
:-/
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Friday, 6 September 2019 01:51 (three months ago) link
C'mere. Let's dance to "Incapable."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 September 2019 01:53 (three months ago) link
haha. I just read back what I wrote. what can I say ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Friday, 6 September 2019 01:56 (three months ago) link
i accept.
I'm pretty sure that RM is living a pretty good life
I'd assumed the "Overpowered" video wasn't entirely in jest, and that at peak marketability.
― hedonic treadmill class action (Sanpaku), Friday, 6 September 2019 18:36 (three months ago) link
dope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8db9QuagHE
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 November 2019 15:05 (one month ago) link
discofied re-recording of her 12-minute cassette-only track on https://livesthroughmagic.bandcamp.com/album/lives-through-magic - but there's a great stirmonster edit to listen to if you click through, plus a flamgoon/caribou collabo
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Friday, 8 November 2019 21:30 (one month ago) link
ah here's the original for reference!
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Friday, 8 November 2019 21:37 (one month ago) link
unjustifiably unappreciated Roisin content from years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0yOJ7QnqxI
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 5 December 2019 03:08 (one week ago) link
(i think it needs to be slower, I play it pitched down)
I think it needs to be faster but that's very much in character for me
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 5 December 2019 13:13 (one week ago) link
tried it at youtube ‘s 75% and I can see a -6 being effective on the floor
― insecurity bear (sic), Thursday, 5 December 2019 16:32 (one week ago) link
what a jam
― ingredience (map), Thursday, 5 December 2019 20:30 (one week ago) link