Goldfrapp’s latest single and album

This is a surprise! Thanks to Alison Goldfrapp’s blog and the popular we7 music website, you have the unique opportunity to listen to her new track Rocket from the forthcoming fifth Goldfrapp album Head First.

According to a press release issued ahead of the new album, it describes Head First as their “most powerful trip to date, a speedy rush of synth optimism, euphoria, fantasy and romance. With life affirming lyrics and stellar production it lifts off at full tilt and takes us on a journey to the heart of 2010.”

Judging by the initial response after listening to Rocket – full of 1980s synth – I believe the press release has hit the spot on the band’s new musical direction.

In fact, high expectations are set on the new album with a possibility that it might sound a mix between Seventh Tree and the earlier synth-based album such as Supernature.

As to the track listing, here is the full list:

Rocket
Believer
Alive
Dreaming
Head First
Hunt
Shiny And Warm
I Wanna Life
Voicething

Head First will be release on March 22. In the meantime, check out the album cover art (the post’s main image). Simply beautiful.

UPDATE: See the official music video to Rocket via YouTube by clicking on this link.