{"id":35612,"date":"2021-06-28T07:16:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T06:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/?p=35612"},"modified":"2021-06-28T07:23:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T06:23:45","slug":"official-toyah-pre-order-posh-pop-new-studio-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/official-toyah-pre-order-posh-pop-new-studio-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Toyah: Pre-Order “Posh Pop” New Studio Album"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Following the acclaim of the recent reissues of her early, groundbreaking albums, on Friday 27 August 2021 Demon Music Group will release the new album Posh Pop by British female music icon, Toyah.<\/p>\n

Available on CD, 180g \u2018Space Grey\u2019-coloured vinyl, digital download and deluxe CD+DVD featuring a video album. LP and CD Editions including an exclusive signed print by Toyah are also available.<\/p>\n

PRE-ORDER Posh Pop now<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In recent times Toyah has seen something of a cultural renaissance with younger female artists acknowledging the huge Influence of her groundbreaking and uniquely singular career. Last year Shirley Manson of Garbage went as far as to write a moving, open letter, apologising for mocking Toyah to friends as a teenager when, in fact, she was a fan who \u201csucked at Toyah\u2019s teat [but did] not have the strength of character to admit it.\u201d Now recognized as a pioneer who\u2019s remained defiant since acting in Derek Jarman\u2019s punk classic Jubilee and her trailblazing uncategorisable debut album Sheep Farming In Barnet in 1980, Toyah sees this as a turning point and validation; she\u2019d always been able to sell out venues, always had an audience, but never the back-up, feeling that in the past women were played against each other, in an industry where men made women enemies of each other.<\/p>\n

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That the world is ready for Toyah means that Posh Pop will be justly celebrated. The most complete, uplifting pop record of Toyah\u2019s inspirational 41-year career, Posh Pop is a triumphant album, its 10 songs encompassing euphoric partying, redemption, glam rock, interplanetary exploration, industrial grooves, revolution, the fate of humanity as viewed by monkeys and, above all, anthems. Every song here is a masterclass in pop, condensing a world of wonder into barely 40 minutes. It\u2019s maximum pop and it\u2019s also classier than virtually any other music you\u2019ll hear all year. It\u2019s posh pop.<\/p>\n

The album was made with Simon Darlow, who also co-wrote and produced Toyah\u2019s previous solo album, 2008\u2019s dramatic In The Court Of The Crimson Queen. They first worked together in 1977, brought together to write songs then again five years later when Simon played keyboards on Toyah\u2019s album The Changeling in 1982, remaining friends ever since.<\/p>\n

Posh Pop\u2019s additional musician is Toyah\u2019s husband, guitarist Bobby Willcox. Provided with just a chord sheet, he was in the studio for no more than half-an-hour a week. Told to do whatever he felt like, feeling free and completely spontaneous, within a few takes Bobby produced stunning guitar lines.<\/p>\n

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Whether channelling her glam roots on the addictive Zoom Zoom, celebrating the unity of mankind on the communal Take Me Home or offering solace in the achingly tender Barefoot On Mars, the only predictable aspect of Posh Pop is that a giant hook will be along shortly.<\/p>\n

Building from simple acoustic guitar chords, Summer Of Love builds to an instantly catchy chorus, on a deeply ironic anti-war song, exploring the concept of women on the battlefield. Continuing the exploration of serious themes, over a refrain Toyah initially started on the piano, The Bride Will Return is about the tragic bride of Beirut\u2019s wedding day, when the warehouse blew up, catching both the moment of explosion and Israa Sablani\u2019s beauty. Space Dance explores our burgeoning efforts to begin colonising other worlds, wrapped around an infernally catchy chorus that wouldn\u2019t be out of place in The Rocky Horror Show.<\/p>\n

Every song on Posh Pop is accompanied by a video that feature on the Deluxe CD+DVD Edition. All 10 videos were created and directed by Toyah during the lockdown of spring 2021 and edited by Darren Shortt, inspired by the phenomenal success of Toyah\u2019s weekly YouTube video performances with her husband. These creatively inventive videos were lovingly made at home, in the garden and in a nearby abbey. Viewed together they present an escape into Posh Pop, journeying to surprising places, virtual worlds, and Toyah\u2019s kitchen.<\/p>\n

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The refrain \u201cYou\u2019re never too old to shine\u201d from the song Rhythm In My House applies to Toyah\u2019s life and career. \u201cThat\u2019s absolutely the message of this album,\u201d Toyah emphasises. \u201cIt\u2019s never too late. Life is about the journey, from birth to your last day. It\u2019s not about doors closing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Written by Toyah Willcox & Simon Darlow<\/strong>
\nProduced by Simon Darlow<\/strong>
\nTRACK LISTING<\/strong><\/span>
\nLevitate | Zoom Zoom | The Bride Will Return | Space Dance | Barefoot On Mars | Rhythm In My House | Summer Of Love | Monkeys | Kill The Rage | Take Me Home<\/p>\n

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Following the acclaim of the recent reissues of her early, groundbreaking albums, on Friday 27 August 2021 Demon Music Group will release the new album Posh Pop by British female music icon, Toyah. Available on CD, 180g \u2018Space Grey\u2019-coloured vinyl, digital download and deluxe CD+DVD featuring a video album. LP and CD Editions including an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28,2606,149],"tags":[2708,2706,638],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35612"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35627,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35612\/revisions\/35627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}