"In 2005, Supernature won Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory their first Grammy nomination, a pile of sync money, and an undeniable influence over the sound of pop to come. It gave aspiring indie-dance acts greater permission to embrace levity and inebriated partygoers plenty of coke anthems and ill-advised karaoke options. And it gave Goldfrapp an image they'd never fully escape: the electroclash-era buzz band in '80s outfits."
"Decades into her career, Goldfrapp still has spells to cast. Her second solo album, Flux, arrives from her own label, written during a period when she was single for the first time in years. Judging by the music, life for her felt heady with possibility. "I want to swoon, I want to bloom," she declares on "Play It (Shine Like a Nova Star)"; elsewhere, she conjures reveries for "somewhere and somebody new.""
Supernature (2005) brought Grammy recognition, lucrative sync placements, and a lasting influence on pop, while fostering an electroclash, '80s-outfit image that obscured more delicate material. That reputation flattened Alison Goldfrapp into a one-note synth dominatrix despite half the duo's discography being organic and nuanced. Flux, her second solo album on her own label, was written during a period of newfound singlehood and brims with possibility, longing and reverie. Songs like 'Play It (Shine Like a Nova Star)' and 'Sound & Light' mix intimate yearning with mysterious electronic textures. 'Reverberotic' leans into steady synth grind and falling-star effects.
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