Reissue of iconic debut album from Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory. Dark, seductive, beguiling and deeply cinematic. Inspiration from classical music, movie soundtracks, 60s french pop and weimar republic cabaret. What you might not expect is quite the depth of Alison Goldfrapps beguiling, distracting 21st-Century noir visions on Felt Mountain. She and her fellow composer Will Gregory can mix in Brechtian cabaret, classical instrumentation, left-of-field electronics, decadent Gainsbourg-style French pop and the odd piece of whistling on just one track (Felt Mountain). Oompa Radar almost reaches Tom Waits heights of infamy, the way familiar instruments come together in such a simultaneously comforting and alienating style. The baroque Paper Bag, meanwhile, uncannily recalls Joe Meeks toytown visions of 1960s grandeur. All this, and a seductive vocal to die for. GOLDFRAPP have shared details of the long awaited Felt Mountain reissue, set for release on 25 March 2022 on Mute / BMG on gold vinyl and CD, with extensive new sleeve notes by Lior Phillips and photography by Joe Dilworth and Anna Fox. Originally released by Mute in September 2000, Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory’s debut features many tracks that went on to become live favourites, including the singles ‘Lovely Head’, ‘Utopia’, ’Human’ and ‘Pilots’. Described by Time Out as “a staggering debut”, Alison Goldfrapp recently said, “Looking back, Felt Mountain represents a very special period in my life. It is the first album Will and I recorded as Goldfrapp, launching us in a new musical direction, and the moment for me, after 13 years or so in music, that I found a creative direction that I was truly excited about. Being nominated for a Mercury Prize was incredible and unexpected, and an affirmation that we were embarking on an important journey.” The band will embark on a tour in spring 2022, and are set to perform tracks from the album for the first time since its original release, in a brand new show featuring lush and intimate takes on classics from across over two decades of innovative and exciting releases. Goldfrapp goes on to say, “I listened to the entire album again recently – something I don’t really ever do – and it was a surprisingly emotional experience. The songs instantly take me back. The album is still relevant two decades on, and hopefully will be interesting for people to rediscover and maybe also hear for the first time.” Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory formed Goldfrapp in 1999 and released their Mercury Prize nominated debut album Felt Mountain in 2000. They have since released a further six studio albums (most recently Silver Eye in 2017) and a string of hits including Strict Machine, Ooh La La, Lovely Head and A&E. The multi-platinum selling band have been nominated for several Grammy and Brit Awards and won an Ivor Novello for Strict Machine. Goldfrapp have also scored the soundtracks to the films My Summer of Love (dir. Pawel Pawlikowski, 2005) and Nowhere Boy (dir. Sam Taylor-Wood, 2009) and wrote the music for the National Theatre’s production of ‘Medea’ directed by Carrie Cracknell in 2014. Track Listing: 1. Lovely Head 2. Paper Bag 3. Human 4. Pilots 5. Deer Stop 6. Felt Mountain 7. Oompah Radar 8. Utopia 9. Horse Tears
