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London synth-popper La Roux is streaming her long-awaited new album, Trouble In Paradise, online in full.
Elly Jackson's brilliant sophomore album can be heard a week ahead of release on her website - before it drops next week on July 21 via Cherrytree/Interscope.
Her Mercury prize nominated debut was released in 2009 and was praised by NME for being "the finest forward-thinking British Pop albums of recent memory".
Expectation for the follow up therefore is high, especially after a five year wait. She recorded in Devon with Ben Langmaid and producer/engineer Ian Sherwin.
With such a gap between albums a change in sound and theme is inevitable. A press release describes her new approach to recording.
“I wanted to create something more special, to take myself up a level,” Jackson said in a statement. “I also wanted to play pretty much everything as I did on the first record, but there was more complicated instrumentation this time, and it took me a while to get to grips with some of it. There was a general concept that Ian and I connected strongly on and discussed at length, which was the idea of what people in the ’70s thought the future would look and sound like.”
Listen to 'Tropical Chancer' by La Roux below
Trouble in Paradise Tracklist:
01. Uptight Downtown
02. Kiss and Not Tell
03. Cruel Sexuality
04. Paradise Is You
05. Sexotheque
06. Tropical Chancer
07. Silent Partner
08. Let Me Down Gently
09. The Feeling
Meanwhile, La Roux recently confirmed that she'll be appearing at Bestival in September. For more information visit Gigwise Tickets.
