WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Find Xanadu is the debut single from Alison Goldfrapp’s sophomore solo LP Flux, out 15 August.

• Read on for reasons including how to see Alison Goldfrapp supporting Scissor Sisters

It is co-written by Stefan Storm from The Sound Of Arrows – 1 of our favourite bands we saw fleetingly more than a decade ago in east London – and co-produced by him, Goldfrapp and Richard X.

The Sound Of Arrows are a Swedish electronic music duo renowned for a hazy electropop palette not a million miles from Goldfrapp but perhaps softer and more dreamlike.

Goldfrapp’s debut solo album The Love Invention won our 2023 Best Album monsta and this month we see her live at The 02 supporting Scissor Sisters in 1 of the most exciting double bills in many years.

Find Xanadu is an inspiring upbeat introduction to an album said to include ‘some of her most undeniable pop hooks since Goldfrapp’s iconic album Supernature as well as her most poignantly vulnerable songwriting to date’.

We’re delighted Alison Goldfrapp’s 2nd solo album has arrived so quickly and can’t wait to get a taste of it in an arena setting where the support slot means any pressure is off.

• Main pictures via Facebook courtesy Alison Goldfrapp Tickets
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