New Goldfrapp Single

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.