Goldfrapp - Blog

hello everyone, how ya doin?

it’s been a crazy couple of weeks, non-stop since i got back from my brief jaunt in italy.  we shot the video for ‘rocket’ which will be with you soon.  it was a blast!  really hope you like it.

so, as you know, ‘rocket’ was out and about before it should have been and i just want to say that, of course we knew straight away that some silly bugger had stuck it up on the net, but what can you do?!!

obviously this wasn’t the plan and i’m sorry some of you on the message board were upset by it.  i just want you to know that it wasn’t our intention and was completely beyond our control.  unfortunately this seems to happen all the time these days.

anyway, i’m really so pleased that you’re liking the track.

catch up soon, all lovexxxxxxxxxx

hi!

here’s the cover sleeve for our album ‘Head first’.

i’m off to italy for a few days so thought i’d show you before i go.  have a great weekend.

all love alison and willxxxxxxxxxxxxx

ps there’s a gorgeous pic of will inside the album sleeve too, plus more to see soon x

Hey ! how ya doin?

we have just about finished the album, a little a bit of mixing still to do in the first week of Jan, but that’s it.   here’s a photo taken on my way to the studio which was close to the new forest.  it feels good to have made an album as well as making a film soundtrack this year.  if all goes to plan the album will be out in march.  this album is very different from the last, but i hope you enjoy it just as much for different reasons.   i’m really looking forward to playing the new songs live as a lot of them are so up and  jubilant.  even the revenge songs are kind of joyous!   its gonna be a blast!

we are still contemplating the new goldfrapp website and what it should contain.  i was told by a duo who make websites that doing band websites are completly pointless these days.  apparently no one visits them regularly because you can get so much info from so many other places?  what do you reckon?

i’m often asked about the lyrics  in ‘utopia’,  in particular what i mean by ‘facist baby’.  so i thought i’d try to explain it briefly, although it’s hard to be totally clear. the song Utopia is a sci-fi story.   i was thinking about ideas of perfection,  to design perfection, not allow imperfections and that being possibly a facist concept ? eternal life, designer babies and all that.   i was inspired by sci-fi films like bladerunner, thx-1138 and gattica.  also, i had been reading several books about utopian ideals.  the faber book of utopias edited by john carey is a good one for a nugget sized read on the subject.

anyway,  hope you’re all ok.  its been hell traveling around, some of my friends are still stuck in the chaos!   hope you all have safe and happy holidays and a fantastic new year!

love to you all and catch up soonxxxxxxxxxxxx