Diandra Reviews It All

Is Goldfrapp about to release a new album or the soundtrack to the newest Blade Runner film? I say this because Silver Eye is sonic exhilaration. It makes you feel like you have jumped into some 80s dystopian film where you and Harrison Ford have to ride mo-peds and decipher the difference between human and artificial intelligence. Each track is laced with a noir element that makes you wonder if Silver Eye is more than a title: it is a metaphor.

Sonically, Silver Eye sounds as if each rhythm was aken and modulated from the recording of metal being made. You just feel like titanium, bronze, silver, platinum and whatever earthly resource that is pressed and plastered to make a machine was processed to make Goldfrapp’s beats. The result is dark electronica at its finest. Songs such as “Systemagic”, “Faux Suede Drifter”, and “Moon In Your Mouth” make you envision that humanity has entered a spiritual desert, and Alison Goldfrapp’s vocals are the only bit of Life left that is contorting to feel. Alison’s voice has a quiet simmer to it that represents every moment when you wished you did not feel and you tried your best to emotionally shut down, but as mentioned, Life was contorting and tussling within you to keep you connected and vibrant. The great thing about Goldfrapp, especially as dark electronica artists, is that they aim to show this genre for its “art-house” glamour. Tracks like “Tigerman” and “Beast That Never Was”, are so visual and mechanic/metallically bold in style, you would think that they belong in the MOMA gallery. As usual Goldfrapp is capturing more than just music; they are capturing art and technology. Moreover, in combining sounds and themes that seem inanimate with their personal spiritual searches, Goldfrapp’s Silver Eye is both relevant and resonating to the fact that the future may be digital but time, as a construct, is human.
Goldfrapp – Anymore (Official Video)

The current and future state of the world is cyber, which is why electronica has risen as a genre.Yet, Goldfrapp has two solid approaches to making music. First, Alison Goldfrapp’s personal aim is to not repeat herself as an artist, while, second, is producer Will Gregory’s own acceptance that being a musician means getting lost in the “woods” of music to find your own vista. These solid mentalities are not to be diminished, especially in seeing how Silver Eye is cinematic in scope. I love feeling like hearing an album makes me see an artist’s dream. Moreover, Silver Eye is a sheer representation that futurism or the digitization of music does not cut off the heart that is needed to inspire it. A pixel is only a part of a picture, and a picture is only a part of a vision, and a vision is only a part of a mind’s perception. From “Anymore” to “Ocean” Goldfrapp’s Silver Eye never loses its fabled take on humanity as a sentimental being trying to build/ survive a systemic world. For More Information on Goldfrapp And To Buy Silver Eye On March 31 Click Here.