Murphy's Law

Despite the fact she's currently nine months pregnant, alt-pop oddball Róisín Murphy has decided it's time to make her return to the limelight. You can listen to her new single 'Orally Fixated' here:



The former-Moloko frontwoman's last album 'Overpowered' was a slinky electropop masterpiece and one of my favourites of 2007. Despite rave reviews a string of fantastic singles, the record was largely ignored by the record-buying public and considerably more attention was afforded to her extravagant outfits and off-the-wall videos than the music.

The new single continues in the same vein as Overpowered's synthy dance-pop and features an almighty guitar solo and a brilliant if somewhat un-radiofriendly minute-long intro. Of course, based on past experience, the song is unlikely to get too much airplay anyway but here's hoping that, with the likes of Lady Gaga currently reigning supreme atop the charts, the time is ripe for Róisín to command and conquer.