Goldfrapp-new album

[schwenko]

They're still working on it (and have been since the beginning of the year)[:D]
But if you go to their official website, or their myspace site, you can hear a 25 second snippet of a new song, titled, for now, "Loop"

http://www.goldfrapp.co.uk/#

[schwenko]

http://www.goldfrapp.co.uk/

[schwenko]

[quote][i]Originally posted by schwenko[/i]
<br>http://www.goldfrapp.co.uk/
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the website has changed, with Allison romping in the woods, a boat sailing on a lake, and a panda

and the NEW SONG AND VIDEO (A & E) can be heard/seen on anfunny's fabulous website (look in the news section, Jan Very cutesy, but the song is pure sugar!!

http://www.theinternationalhouseofpussy.co.uk/

[bruiser]

got this when it leaked in october- it's gorgeous, but be prepared for a whole new sound. oh sure, it's got the usual orchestration and such, but lots of guitar and real drums, and singing like you've never heard allison do. it's almost folk, but edgy like nick drake was ("river man" an example of his style).

[schwenko]

[quote][i]Originally posted by schwenko[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by schwenko[/i]
<br>http://www.goldfrapp.co.uk/
[/quote]

the website has changed, with Allison romping in the woods, a boat sailing on a lake, and a panda

and the NEW SONG AND VIDEO (A & E) can be heard/seen on anfunny's fabulous website (look in the news section, Jan Very cutesy, but the song is pure sugar!!

http://www.theinternationalhouseofpussy.co.uk/
[/quote]

NOW IT"S GONE!!!!!!!!! BOO HISS!!![V]

[schwenko]

Here's a Billboard article about the new album: NB North American tour[:D]

Reuters/Billboard
Title Electronica duo Goldfrapp explores 'joyous' sound
Country USA
Journalist/Photographer Michael D. Ayers/Getty images
Text Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, the duo who make up U.K. electronica act Goldfrapp, were burned out.

Their 2005 Mute release, "Supernature," brought the group a wide range of commercial success, a Grammy Award nomination and numerous licensing deals, but it demanded a heavy touring schedule, including a U.K. festival run with Coldplay.

Chic cool has followed Goldfrapp for years now, its music resonating with the fashion industry and within gay communities, as well as drawing fans from both the indie rock and dance music worlds.

Three tracks from "Supernature" hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and the album was nominated for the best electronic/dance album Grammy (it lost to Madonna's "Confessions on a Dance Floor").

But the group sought a new direction. The result is "Seventh Tree," which arrives February 26 via Mute.

"It was really nice sitting around with a couple of instruments and a voice and doing something polar opposite of the prolonged sound of 'Supernature,"' Goldfrapp recalled. "We wanted that space and warmth that we were missing."

There's a mellower, more airy vibe on "Seventh Tree," although Goldfrapp's distinctive voice is as lush as ever. There are moments that recall the languid strains of Air and Zero 7 and others that brim with accessible melodies.

Initially, the plan was to explore a more psychedelic sound, according to Goldfrapp. "We went out and bought some music labeled 'psychedelia,"' she said. "We took it back to the studio, (but when) we listened to it, we thought, 'That's not what we mean at all.' I think we invented our own meaning for ("psychedelic"): We wanted it to be joyous and positive."

Gregory said the pair kept bandying "psychedelic" about in order to "goad ourselves on. It conjures up something a little out of focus, a bit dreamy and a little bit, in a way, out of its mind."

Given the right circumstances, "Seventh Tree" has the potential to diversify Goldfrapp's fan base much like Canadian artist Feist did last year with "The Reminder," a notion that Mute sees as a distinct possibility.

The band hopes to launch a 20- to 25-market North American tour in conjunction with an appearance at California's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in late April.

Now, Goldfrapp's task at hand is to prepare the new material for the live setting, which will incorporate the act's trademark visuals.

"It becomes part of the whole language; the narrative," Goldfrapp said. "They all work together to build this picture of this world you are creating."

[ApolloZero]

It has no pop/synth dynamics of the last album, downtempo numbers that will probably make them lose momentum in the states.

[bruiser]

[quote][i]Originally posted by ApolloZero[/i]
<br>It has no pop/synth dynamics of the last album, downtempo numbers that will probably make them lose momentum in the states.
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agreed. i love it, but it's not going to do much here in the u.s.

the album, to me, sounds like it could have been the soundtrack to the original "wicker man"- english countryside, nudist hippie, wiccan hoodoo.

i should name an album that.

[cubby]

Like I said in another post on the board, saw the video for A&E and really liked it. Though, I agree, it will not win any new audiences, especially in the US. I give them credit for changing directions. They could have released another Supernature and probably gained a wider audience but chose not to.

[djdave]

new cd been pushed back 2-3 weeks, now March sometime.

[schwenko]

[quote][i]Originally posted by bruiser[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by ApolloZero[/i]
<br>It has no pop/synth dynamics of the last album, downtempo numbers that will probably make them lose momentum in the states.
[/quote]

agreed. i love it, but it's not going to do much here in the u.s.

the album, to me, sounds like it could have been the soundtrack to the original "wicker man"- english countryside, nudist hippie, wiccan hoodoo.

i should name an album that.
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Bruiser- you really called it!!!!!!

The soundtrack to the Wicker Man was played during the intermission at the Beacon Theater show last Tuesday!!

[bruiser]

ha ha ha!

people i'd mentioned that to couldn't hear it- and i was like "the first song on the cd is a total homage to 'willow's song'!!!"
i was looked at like i was crazy.

the thing is, goldfrapp's flirting with anthropomorphism in their videos from the last album is what put the "wicker man" thing on my radar.... but truly, the new album smacks of sunny afternoon naked romps with a barmaid on an isle off the coast of scotland in 1973. like it's the soundtrack to wiccan cunnilingus, in praise of the goddess!

or so i would imagine.

[Frau_Blucher]

[quote][i]Originally posted by bruiser[/i]
<br>.... but truly, the new album smacks of sunny afternoon naked romps with a barmaid on an isle off the coast of scotland in 1973. like it's the soundtrack to wiccan cunnilingus, in praise of the goddess!
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Oddly enough and by sheer coincidence as I strolled in the woods the other day...