Earworm: Róisín Murphy “Orally Fixated”
November 12th, 2009
Who: Róisín Murphy
Sounds like: Lady Gaga, if she tried to make music as “edgy” as her radical outfits. (Many have said Gaga nicked her style from Murphy, an avant-garde fashion icon in her own right.) But given the kind of forward-looking pop Róisín has been making for nearly 15 years, it feels like a slight comparing such an envelope pusher to a poser like Gaga.
RIYL: Moloko, Grace Jones, La Roux, Black Box, Goldfrapp, Robyn, Sia
Need to know: Róisín got her start as the vocalist for the late, great UK dance duo Moloko. Together they had a bunch of hits including “Sing It Back,” “The Time Is Now” and my personal favourite, “Familiar Feeling.” When she and Mark Brydon split, Róisín embarked on a celebrated solo career that has seen her release two brilliant albums. A new album is expected in 2010, after Róisín is done expecting – she’s apparently due to give birth any second now.
Track: “Orally Fixated” is likely what you think it’s about, considering it opens with the echoing words, “Eat me,” and dives head first into innuendos like, “You never feel full and frankly it’s dull / Because it’s always about you” and “You’ve got to give your mouth a rest.” Ahem. While this sort of overt sexuality is usually left to provocative stars like Britney Spears (see recent single “3”), Róisín fits the role like a glove thanks to the energy of the music. Throwing it back to ‘80s Italo house and electro, Róisín is as much fixated on an ADHD effect, using arpeggiating synths and microsampling, which provides a rush of jump cut noises. Who said pregnant ladies should take it easy?
Buy: Nothing to buy yet, but you can grab the track for free either here or here.
- Cam Lindsay
Tags: Lady Gaga, Moloko, Orally Fixated, Róisín Murphy
Posted on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 2:36 pm by Cam and is filed under Earworm, The New Music.
