Spectral Songs is a mixtape for Halloween that collects dark, macabre and gothic moments from Toyah’s catalogue.
Perfect for the season of witches, ghosts, beasts, demons and voodoo. It’s a frightfully good listen. Playlist available now at Spotify…
Spooky season approaches – though judging by where I live some people celebrate Halloween throughout October these days! – and a brand new Sunday Lunch yesterday…Toyah & Robert performed a spirited (I’ll get my coat!) Season Of The Witch, originally released by Donovan but covered by numerous artists over the past 60 years!
• Watch Toyah & Robert in spooky mode here. NB: I’ll update later in the week with related press etc. (Image © Toyah)
Toyah’s Blog for October is a Vlog with lots of news and a great update about Future Dreaming (see below). Watch at toyahwillcox.com YouTube. (Screenshot from a video that is © Toyah)
Toyah talks Future Dreaming: “We’re really excited because it’s going back to the beginning, 45… 50 years ago, we’ve got back to that intensity of ideas, behind the album artwork, so that people get something that’s enriching, that’s lovely to have in the hand, that they can explore while listening to the music.
The music is about contradictions. It takes you on a journey, and I don’t think you can guess what it is even if you tried. Everything lyrically is about, almost being in love with things that keep you on a knife edge and that is the contradiction… These are love songs but they’re very dark and they go into dark places and… That’s all I’m gonna tell you!”
Toyah’s Vlog for October will be available on Monday… (Image © Toyah)
• Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Kick Out The Jams – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s new Sunday Lunch. This week covering MC5. (Image © Toyah)
• Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp unleash sprightly cover of the MC5’s incendiary call to arms Kick Out The Jams: Kick Out The Jams ignited punk’s vital spark in 60s Detroit – and now it’s set light to Toyah and Robert Fripp’s Worcestershire kitchen – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp And Toyah Perform MC5 Classic “Kick Out The Jams|” For Sunday Lunch – Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…
There’s a brand new Sunday Lunch today at YouTube and Facebook, with Toyah & Robert celebrating the 50th anniversary of punk by covering MC5’s classic Kick Out The Jams. (Image © Toyah)
FYI: MC5’s iconic 1968 track Kick Out the Jams, from the live (debut) album of the same name, is important to punk because it delivered a raw, aggressive, high-energy blueprint that anticipated the punk movement nearly a decade early.
• Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Jumpin’ Jack Flash – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s new Sunday Lunch. This week covering The Rolling Stones. (Image © Toyah)
• Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp make triumphant return to Sunday Lunch action: Toyah and Robert cover the Rolling Stones and the world becomes a better place – Continue…
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp & Toyah Take On Rolling Stones Classic For Sunday Lunch – Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: This weekend, Toyah & Robert’s latest Upbeat Moment’s and brand new Sunday Lunch! – Continue…
Toyah’s Blog for September is a Vlog with lots of news. Watch at YouTube. (Screenshot from a video that is © Toyah)
There’s a brand new Sunday Lunch tomorrow at YouTube and Facebook, with Toyah & Robert covering The Rolling Stones’ classic Jumpin Jack Flash. (Image © Toyah)
Toyah’s Blog for August is a Vlog with lots of news, as well as an update on the progress of Toyah’s new album, recently revealed as being called Future Dreaming. Watch at toyahwillcox.com or YouTube. (Screenshot from a video that is © Toyah)
• Toyah & Robert: UpBeat Moments – Watch… • Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Crazy Horses – Watch…
Press for Toyah & Robert’s new Sunday Lunch. This week covering The Osmonds. (Image © Toyah)
• Brave Words: Robert Fripp And Toyah Cover The Osmonds Classic “Crazy Horses” For Sunday Lunch – Continue…
• DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend – Continue…
Toyah’s Blog for July is a Vlog with lots of news, as well as an update on the progress of Toyah’s new album. There are also cameos from Robert (Fripp) and (gorgeous rabbit) Eno, and the fab pigeon family (I love all bird but it’s great to see pigeons being nurtured for a change rather than how most humans treat them!!). Watch at toyahwillcox.com. (Screenshot from a video that is © Toyah)
