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Release Date
25 September 2020
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Length
10 tracks
Róisín Machine is the fifth solo studio album by Irish singer Róisín Murphy, released on 2 October 2020 by Skint Records. Simulation was the first track on the record to be made, produced by Richard Barratt (also known as DJ Parrot and Crooked Man), and released in 2012. Jealousy, also produced by Barratt, was released in 2015. Both were released as standalone tracks and did not appear on her subsequent studio album, Hairless Toys, or its successor, 2016's Take Her Up to Monto. Following these releases, Murphy continued to collaborate with Barratt, working in "drips and drabs over the years," releasing Incapable, which was billed as another one-off release, in 2019. (Incapable had in fact been written in 2010, following her breakup from artist Simon Henwood, nine months after their daughter was born.)
A departure from the art pop, trip hop, and bossa nova influences of her previous works, Róisín Machine marks a turn into dance-oriented club music. The album features influences of disco, nu-disco, house, electropop, funk, post-disco, electro-R&B, Chicago house, dub, wonky pop, and minimal funk. The album's songs reject traditional pop structures in a manner similar to vintage disco 12-inch singles. Critical reception was very positive, and the album entered the UK charts at #14 in October 2020, making it the highest-charting release to date for her solo career.
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