Seminal synth-pop duo
Erasure will release their brand new album 'Snow Globe' on 11th
November 2013 via Mute Records and will be preceded by a single,
'Gaudete'. The band consisting of Vince Clarke and Andy Bell have
revealed the album will be a collection of new compositions and
distinctive re-imaginings of seasonal classics.
“I
haven’t actually heard him sing better,” says Vince of Andy
stepping back into the booth. “I found my inner choirboy again,”
says Andy. “I thought I’d lost him but he was there all along.”
Unlike the bells and whistles, glitter and
tinsel sets that crowd the market come Christmas-time, 'Snow
Globe' is possessed of something more in the wistfully,
strangely subdued celebratory mould of recent seasonal albums by
Tracey Thorn and Kate Bush. ‘We managed to strip everything back to
bare essentials,’ Vince says approvingly of the minimal approach
Erasure took for this recording. “‘White Christmas almost
has a drone all the way through it. I love that.”
For more information on
the band please visit their official website. 'Snow Globe' and the
single 'Gaudete' will be available via the Mute Records webshop soon.