Only 8 months had passed since I last saw Goldfrapp, but the main difference between last nights gig at Brixton Academy and the one earlier on in the year at the Roundhouse was that the previous gig came before the new album and last nights gig came 8 months or so after the new album got released. Therefore I knew every tune they played last night rather than just the old ones.
It began with a couple of new tracks, the second being "Anymore" which I feel is becoming a future classic and won't be surprised to hear it in many Goldfrapp gigs in ten years time. With many acts I go and see these days they play an older more familiar track third and last night was no exception with them playing "Train".
We then had a mixture of tunes from the new album and from the "Supernature" album which lead onto the more familiar number in "Number 1", "Ride a White Horse" and "Ooh La La". Whilst the "Supernature" tracks inevitably got the better reactions, the tunes on the new album did blend in quite nicely. This is unlike their previous effort "Tales of Us" where you would have a gig of two halves, the new and the old.
The encore brought us "Black Cherry", new album track "Systemagic" and "Strict Machine". So despite having seven albums to pick from, only 3 albums actually featured.
There were fears this gig may not go ahead as the Birmingham gig earlier this week was cancelled for health reasons, but fortunately it did go ahead and they delivered as always. The only negative I have was the ridiculous £5.60 for a pint at Brixton Academy, nothing Goldfrapp could do about it I know, but it really annoys me that gig venues continue to rip us off like that.
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