Supernature - Goldfrapp

A strange beast are Goldfrapp, a duo of electronica-friendly musicians who feature a haunting, ambient vocalist and a hard synthesizer as their primary instrument, but refuse to be wilfully obtuse and obscure or only realise a new album once every decade or so. And they aren't named after a place in the south of England, neither - their name comes from vocalist Alison Goldfrapp. The band put together an album of offputting electronic oddness for their debut and spread out a little for their second album Black Cherry. This, their third album, sees them soar into the realm of glam-rock, replacing the low key white noises of first album Felt Mountain with powerful guitars ...  Read the complete review