Irish singer songwriter Roisin Murphy has announced her new album ‘Hairless Toys’ will be out May 11, and she has also revealed the first taster, ‘Gone Fishing’, which you can preview above.
‘Hairless Toys’ is the former Moloko singer’s first album in over 8 years alongside her long time musical collaborator Eddie Stevens.
Roisin explains the inspiration behind ‘Gone Fishing’ – “This song was written after I watched the documentary film Paris Is Burning, having read an article which referenced it in a discussion about House music’s origins in black, gay culture. I was deeply moved by this film. “I had to run this far from home” – it’s about the outcasts who could never fit into mainstream society and how they created a safe place in the drag ‘Ball’ scene of New York in the ‘80s. “Will we live on? The children of La Beija” refers to the ‘house’ of Pepper La Beija, who was one of the most notable figures on the scene, Pepper is also quoted in Malcolm McLaren’s song on the same subject ‘Deep In Vogue’. The culture was a flamboyant reaction to persecution and disillusionment, the imagination and bravery of these kids is simply awe-inspiring. I envisioned Gone Fishing almost as a song from a Broadway musical version of this story. The making of one’s own world, a safer world and the creation of a new, better family in music or youth culture is a theme I touch upon elsewhere on my album Hairless Toys.”
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Hairless Toys – Tracklisting:
Gone Fishing
Evil Eyes
Exploitation
Uninvited Guest
Exile
House Of Glass
Hairless Toys (Gotta Hurt)
Unputdownable
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