In preparation of their upcoming singles collection, electro-pop icons Goldfrapp has released a brand new track and accompanying music video for "Yellow Halo" from the U.K. electronic duo's forthcoming greatest hits LP "The Singles," will release on February 7th, a day after the collection arrives overseas via Astralwerks.Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory are five albums into their career as Goldfrapp, meaning it's just about the right time to release a retrospective of their work together. The new LP "The Singles," is a career-spanning collection and will featuring two new tracks: the introspective and defiant new wave ballad "Melancholy Sky" and the aforementioned slow building synth-pop wonder "Yellow Halo." The other 12 tracks are comprised of singles from the entire Goldfrapp discography. Best characterized by Alison's soft, breathy sorano vocals , Will's multi-laters synth/string arrangements, the band have amassed a strong following over their 12-year career.
Their songs can be considered party anthems, fragile lullabies or plain experimental. Unlike most Goldfrapp songs, the synthed-out, intensifying "Yellow Halo," is euphoric and strung up somewhere in-between the earlier electro grooves the band practiced and the latter folky excursions on their fourth album "Seventh Tree." The song itself seems rather sentimental and tame but, as always, Alison's insane vocals are perfectly rendered.
The homemade clip for "Yellow Halo," was shot entirely on the road by British electro-pop band associate Lisa Gunning using only her iPhone, and mostly full compiled of footage of Alison traipsing around South America, and features concert footage and documentary footage of the band on the road, with Alison spends spare moments off stage bathing in glitter and eating little cakes, as well as atop a horse in the wilds of Buenos Aires. In this "indie" video, the wistful vibes and road-weary imagery seem to fit the tone of the song.
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