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Stranger, Laurel, Jo, Drew and Annabel
- Co-created by Alison Goldfrapp and Gunning, the film follows five characters—Stranger, Laurel, Jo, Drew and Annabel—and spans themes of love, loss, madness and identity.
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Co-created by Alison Goldfrapp and Gunning, the film follows five characters—Stranger, Laurel, Jo, Drew and Annabel—and spans themes of love, loss, madness and identity. The film was followed immediately by an exclusive live performance by Goldfrapp transmitted into cinemas from AIR Studios in London. [11] [12] [13]
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Sep 12, 2013 · Every song refers to a different character in some imagined universe, but the inherent melodrama is only exacerbated by the dead-serious delivery; it has all the emotional impact of a soap opera.
Tales of Us is the sixth studio album by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp, released on 6 September 2013 by Mute Records. In June 2013, the duo embarked on the Tales of Us Tour to promote the album.
Sep 9, 2013 · Few artists possess the chutzpah and imagination to perennially reinvent themselves as successfully as Goldfrapp have done in a career encompassing baroque torch song balladry, Schaffel-beat glam, pastoral folk and Moroder-influenced electro-pop.
Oct 14, 2013 · There seems to be more of a desire to tell specific stories and create characters with each track, to the extent that each track is given a person’s name, which would probably come off as a little naff (particularly track 8 ‘Stranger’) were Goldfrapp not now so established.
Sep 6, 2013 · Each track on Tales of Us is named after a character. These are stories of people living on the fringes — murderers and lovers and soldiers among them — all with some form of broken heart. The band paints their nine modern fairytales in a detailed grayscale — compositions dappled with string flourishes and Goldfrapp’s angelic high notes.
The delicate guitar and piano figures and the sombre languor of strings behind Alison Goldfrapp’s breathy vocals create something akin to a cross between the dreamlike mythopoeism of old folk tales and the lush cinematic arrangements of Michel Legrand.
