曼徹斯特的 GoGo Penguin 在跨越音樂類型的旅程中，十餘年後帶著新作《Necessary Fictions》回歸。這是一張柔和前衛的後龐克作品，探討了令人不安的人類學概念。專輯依然以 Chris Illingworth 的鋼琴、Nick Blacka的貝斯和Jon Scott的鼓的交響樂為基礎，加入了合成器、來自Manchester Collective的弦樂演奏家，以及有史以來第一次: 一位歌者：Daudi Matsiko，他曾參與錄製《Forgive The Damages》，在這個以迷人器樂演奏聞名的樂團中，展現出另一種低調的音樂。同時，《Fallowfield Loops》則展現了樂團早期那些熟悉的律動。

GoGo Penguin – Necessary Fictions
Label: XXIM Records – 19802899701
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: Europe
Released: Jun 20, 2025
Genre: Electronic, Jazz
Style: Breakbeat

A1        Umbra    3:12
A2        Fallowfield Loops    4:44
A3        Forgive The Damages 4:10
B1        What We Are And What We Are Meant To Be    5:37
B2        Background Hiss Reminds Me Of Rain    1:40
B3        The Turn Within    5:48
C1        Living Bricks In Dead Mortar    2:52
C2        Naga Ghost    5:24
C3        Luminous Giants (feat. Rakhi Singh & Manchester Collective) 5:09
D1        Float (Loi Krathong, 2003)    2:33
D2        State Of Flux (feat. Manchester Collective) 4:28
D3        Silence Speaks    3:09

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – GoGo Penguin
Copyright © – GoGo Penguin
Licensed To – XXIM Records
Mastered At – Calyx Mastering
Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH – 65735
Artwork By – Chris Illingworth
Cello – Peggy Nolan, Simon Turner (2)
Cover – Nick Blacka
Double Bass, Bass Guitar, Synth – Nick Blacka
Drums – Jon Scott (8)
Lacquer Cut By – Norman Nitzsche
Mastered By – Norman Nitzsche
Piano, Synth – Chris Illingworth
Strings, Arranged By – Chris Illingworth
Viola – Alistair Vennart, Carol Ella
Violin – Anna Tulchinskaya, Dylan Edge, Rosemary Attree
Violin, Vocals – Rakhi Singh
Vocals, Guitar – Daudi Matsiko