Goldfrapp - Silver Eye

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OK, so that's a bit better ... Anymore was a bit 'by the numbers' and Ocean suffers from Depeche Mode syndrome but Moon In Your Mouth is excellent ... I'm hoping the disconnected rhthym isn't something to do with the Youtube video and is still there come the final mix on the cd as it works so well and makes the vocal, synth and strings soar in comparison ... A solid 10/10 for the latest track ...
 
Hitchcock

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Voicething said:
I understand everyone is eager to listen to it but would it not be refreshing for a Goldfrapp album to actually remain a mystery until release day? Given the unfortunate leaks of past albums, it would be lovely if we all experienced it together next Friday.
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I totally know what you mean, but...nah.
 
Remyky22

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Voicething said:
I understand everyone is eager to listen to it but would it not be refreshing for a Goldfrapp album to actually remain a mystery until release day?
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It had been refreshing for up until the last week, now it's just torture, especially seeing that a lot of people already have the album, so there will be no experiencing-it-together stuff.

However, wouldn't it be nice if the album leaked tonight and everyone here got completely scalped and teary-eyed because we can't wait we can't wait anymore (sorry for the constant usage, but I forbid myself to listen to anything else until the album)? The album will nevertheless go down as "the one that didn't leak before we knew its title" anyway.
 
luluthecat

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Voicething said:
I understand everyone is eager to listen to it but would it not be refreshing for a Goldfrapp album to actually remain a mystery until release day? Given the unfortunate leaks of past albums, it would be lovely if we all experienced it together next Friday.
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I'd be more than happy for this to happen if they'd scheduled their warm up tour a couple of days after the release, not before. personally I just don't really enjoy hearing new material at gigs that much, well I do but you know what I mean.
 
Kitchen Person

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This is definitely a Goldfrapp album for people who like songs like Forever, Black Cherry, Deep Honey, Let It Take You, Time Out For The World and Hunt. I thought there were going to be lots of bangers on here based on Anymore, but there really aren't. After a few plays, I think this is a really solid 8/10. I thought Tales Of Us was very close to being perfect. This is a lesser Goldfrapp album like Supernature or Head First, but it's still very enjoyable. Incredible production and plenty of highlights. There just aren't that many surprises on here. I think people will enjoy it, I'll be surprised if anyone rates it up there with their very best work.
 
HorseTears

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Hitchcock said:
Album review from The Arts Desk:

Silver Eye is Goldfrapp’s seventh long-player in an 18-year career that has taken in electronica sounds of all stripes. It sees the duo make a stab at melding together the club-friendly electropop and the witchy rural folk-noir sounds of their repertoire. Not ones to repeat themselves sonically, this involves the band inhabiting a sound characterised by dirty and sparse electronics with distorted, helium-powered vocals that annoyingly bring to mind Thereza Bazar of Eighties pop-muppets, Dollar.

While this is initially an interesting and intriguing concept, it soon starts to wear pretty thin. Silver Eye is ultimately a bit of a disappointment that never really makes up its mind whether it's pop or experimental in tone, and doesn’t successfully bridge the gap between the two.

Set opener “Anymore” promises interesting things, its cold and metallic sound propelled with a subliminal house beat that brings to mind Death In Vegas’s recent collaborations with Sasha Grey, while “Tigerman” plays like a spaced-out electro torch song. However, as one tune flows into another, Alison Goldfrapp’s breathy and floaty vocals, paired with Will Gregory’s cold and stand-offish sounds and ambient washes, feel noticeably in need of a decent tune to engage the listener.

Things do perk up a bit towards the end of the album with the minimalist disco of “Everything Is Never Enough” and the pulsating, down-tempo groove of “Moon in Your Mouth”. During the album’s final tune, Goldfrapp even finally turn off the Thereza Bazar vocal effects and lift things up with a more engaging pulse. However, it’s all too little, too late. The closing song “Ocean” might easily be the anonymous soundtrack to a car advert, but nonetheless benefits considerably by comparison with much of the rest of the album.
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It's so fucking insulting the way [the majority of?] reviewers position Alison as just the voice of Goldfrapp as though it's inconceivable that she also co-writes and produces everything with Will. Not that there's anything remotely wrong with "just" being a vocalist -- especially when you sing as bewitchingly as Alison does, but still... it's amazing how regressive so many music journalists are.
 
ManilaChinchilla

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I'm no longer listening to any other songs from the album. I want to be surprised.

I'm very here for anything that sounds like a cross between Slippage and Hunt. Or Dreaming and Slide In.
 
Hitchcock

Hitchcock

HorseTears said:
It's so fucking insulting the way [the majority of?] reviewers position Alison as just the voice of Goldfrapp as though it's inconceivable that she also co-writes and produces everything with Will. Not that there's anything remotely wrong with "just" being a vocalist -- especially when you sing as bewitchingly as Alison does, but still... it's amazing how regressive so many music journalists are.
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So, so true. In 2017 especially, it's really quite grim.
 
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