Tales of Us
On their sixth album, Goldfrapp come as close as they ever have to returning to the sound of 2000's Felt Mountain, the album that originally made them famous. Touching on that record’s folkier side and running with it, Tales of Us is every bit as fragile as the romantic themes it obsesses over.
On their sixth album, Goldfrapp come as close as they ever have to returning to the sound of 2000's Felt Mountain, the album that originally made them famous. Touching on that record’s folkier side and running with it, Tales of Us is every bit as fragile as the romantic themes it obsesses over.
Whether it stomps on your heart or mops your fevered brow will depend on where it finds you at the time, but Tales of Us is capable of both, so beware. If 2010's Head First was fun but slight, with many still in thrall to the folk re-imaginings of its predecessor Seventh Tree, here's proof that Goldfrapp know what's best for us and for them.
Whether it stomps on your heart or mops your fevered brow will depend on where it finds you at the time, but Tales of Us is capable of both, so beware. If 2010's Head First was fun but slight, with many still in thrall to the folk re-imaginings of its predecessor Seventh Tree, here's proof that Goldfrapp know what's best for us and for them.
Goldfrapp's sixth full-length can be boiled down to a simple equation: guitar, strings, and frontwoman Alison Goldfrapp's ethereal soprano. It can also be reduced to a catchy band pairing: Vashti Bunyan recast by David Lynch.
Goldfrapp's sixth full-length can be boiled down to a simple equation: guitar, strings, and frontwoman Alison Goldfrapp's ethereal soprano. It can also be reduced to a catchy band pairing: Vashti Bunyan recast by David Lynch.
Album review: Clash deconstructs the new studio collection from Goldfrapp, 'Tales Of Us', which finds Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory returning beautifully to their best form.
Album review: Clash deconstructs the new studio collection from Goldfrapp, 'Tales Of Us', which finds Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory returning beautifully to their best form.
With Goldfrapp's 'Tales of Us,' the dance floor isn’t just empty; it’s burnt to a husk and shrouded in darkness.
With Goldfrapp's 'Tales of Us,' the dance floor isn’t just empty; it’s burnt to a husk and shrouded in darkness.
The veil has been lifted. Details concerning Goldfrapp's haunting, noirish sixth album Tales of Us were sparse at first
The veil has been lifted. Details concerning Goldfrapp's haunting, noirish sixth album Tales of Us were sparse at first
Goldfrapp's latest creates a mesmerising fantasy sound-world all of its own, but the songs aren't always up to scratch, writes <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>
Goldfrapp's latest creates a mesmerising fantasy sound-world all of its own, but the songs aren't always up to scratch, writes <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>
Goodbye glam, hello autumn on cinematic sixth album. CD review by Serena Kutchinsky
Goodbye glam, hello autumn on cinematic sixth album. CD review by Serena Kutchinsky