Should we buy Roisin Murphy's new album?

Listening now, giving it some 'proper attention'. Played it the other night when a mate was round, and we were chatting, but... yeah, I liked it. Some echoes of other bands I've liked (Massive Attack?). Sharp stuff, anyway.

This is so true..I am a new fan, I didn't even know she sang Sing it Back! I love the album and have been playing it all day - it's amazing x

Listening now; didn't have time yesterday!

Very glad, but not surprised, that it backfired. Loads of people who had never heard of Roisin Murphy suddenly became aware of her and decided to buy her album in solidarity. No need at all for the record company to advertise it.

She couldn't have hoped for better if she'd planned the whole thing as a publicity stunt.

Maybe this will be a lesson to trans ideologues about what happens when you try to cancel someone. Then again, maybe not - they aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer.

Bought

Copy bought 👍. #IStandWithRoisinMurphy

It is reassuring to know that the proceeds won't be going towards any of these lobbying groups charities.

Someone (and it looks like a journalist) deliberately put that lie out there to force the record label to do so, because it wouldn't be a good look for the label to then say "we're not donating the money to charity".

I like bandcamp. When you buy through them, you can add a message to the artist, which is nice. And they pay the artists fairly. Certainly compared to Evil Spotify.

Given the update, the only thing putting me off buying it is that scary cover!

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I am listening to it on iTunes and like it. Thanks TRAs. Sunlight on your daft views, and new music discovered.

I'm going to buy it. Funnily enough, I bought an 'old' CD the other week, and then was annoyed cos of course I didn't get the digital copy with it that you get these days. But now, effectively, you get the CD (and lyrics) for an extra three bucks.

https://roisinmurphy.bandcamp.com/album/hit-parade?from=search&search_item_id=1743493337&search_item_type=a&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=2821405426&search_page_no=0&search_rank=2&logged_in_menubar=true

Important! The reports about profits from the album going to a TRA charity were a LIE!

Roisin confirmed that today on twitter.

@roisinmurphy
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7h Replying to @DollardDes
Well, those reports were unconfirmed by the label. They have made no official statement whatsoever and they are not intending to donate proceeds from the record to charity. I checked!

Stream or buy whatever you want. It is all good.

Also the first chart positions for the album are here:

It is Roisin's highest charted album on I tunes ever. No 1 in Ireland no 5 in UK... so far.
https://kworb.net/itunes/artist/roisinmurphy.html

The cancelation has backfired completely. Roisin has won huge publicity for the problems with medicalising children , plus lots of people are loving her great music.

You think a woman should go bankrupt for expressing concern at healthy children undergoing unnecessary medical treatment?

Why are you so keen to see young transpeople - not to mention those who may well turn out not to have been trans in the first place - sterilised and/or lose the future ability to breastfeed? Why do you hate transpeople so much that you’d wish that on them?

Currently streaming her new album. She’s a magnificent woman and I won’t be told otherwise by anyone. It’s just bare faced misogyny. Is any money going the way of say, NSPCC every time a Michael Jackson song is played? No. So why on earth should her record label be donating money from her sales to a trans charity.

Is it Bandcamp Friday?

Hopefully this link to Band camp will work. I just googled it so hopefully shouldn't be too hard to find. The next one is Oct 6th.

Mores the pity...

Artists are allowed opinions. Support her.

She's not likely to 'go broke'.

Lol.

They can donate from their cut of the profits if they like, it's perfectly legal. That doesn't come from Roisin's income.

However, that's not an official posotion of the record company, it's from "sources" so could be attention-seeking nonsense.

'The record company are giving profits to a trans charity so not an easy choice. I don't want to be responsible for more kids being mutilated or sterilised so although I feel for Roisin, I won't be putting money their way.'

I feel exactly the same. Would be well up for donating if she is able to sue them though

What? Is this even legal?

@Wellies54 I can't read the tweet, thanks for flagging this though. Do you know the date in October?

The current record company will give the profits from the latest album to a "trans charity", better off buying her old albums instead.

I've spent all weekend streaming her older stuff that was on a different label. Bugger giving money to trans charities.