• Goldfrapp at The Orpheum, LA

    23 Eyl 2008, 09:51 yazan Chunnifer

    Sun 21 Sep – Goldfrapp, Jaymay

    I don't really know what happened to her for her to revert back to her first album style. Was she returning to her roots? Was she just trying stuff out? Did she feel like she sold out for her middle two albums? I've seen clips of her concerts past where she did the whole dramatic, sexy, dark lighting and used all of the sexy chicks in bikinis with animal heads. That's what I half expected for this show. But then Seventh Tree was very ... autumn.

    The other half of me expected a simpler show. And that's what she delivered. Down to her costume. Instead of fuckme boots and a horse hair ponytail hanging from her knickers, she just wore a little harlequin pajama thingy. Barefoot.

    The show was distilled down to raw elements like that. Her musicians were in nondescript white polos and frocks. The lighting and stage props weren't elaborate or gaudy or even busy.

    Her supporting musicians played keyboard, keytar!, electric guitar, bass, drum kit, and harp. …