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Muted mood music from Goldfrapp

Goldfrapp
O2 Academy, Leeds/Touring

SUBDUED isn’t usually a word associated with Goldfrapp.

Previous tours have seen Alison Goldfrapp – who together with Will Gregory forms the London band’s nucleus – play a theremin with her crotch while surrounded by an array of bestial-looking dancers.

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