Tag: Andy Bell

Listen: Erasure, 'Love You To the Sky' — first single off upcoming 'World Be Gone'

Listen: Erasure, ‘Love You To the Sky’ — first single off upcoming ‘World Be Gone’

Classic synthpop duo Erasure — Andy Bell and Vince Clarke — today debuted the lead single from their upcoming 17th studio album, World Be Gone. The bouncy track “Love You To the Sky,” with its instantly memorable chorus, can be heard below via the band’s lyric video.

Ride announces 'select run' of North American concerts in July

Ride announces ‘select run’ of North American concerts in July

Reunited shoegazers Ride have followed up the release of their first new music in more than two decades with plans to perform a “select run” of North American dates in July, a five-concert trek that sees the band playing Toronto, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

Erasure to release 'World Be Gone' — first new album in 3 years — in May

Erasure to release ‘World Be Gone’ — first new album in 3 years — in May

Classic synthpop duo Erasure — Andy Bell and Vince Clarke — this week announced plans to release their 17th studio album this spring. The 10-track World Be Gone, due out May 19 on Mute Records, will be the group’s first new album since 2014’s The Violet Flame.

Listen: Ride, ‘Home is a Feeling’ — shoegaze legends debut 2nd new track this week

Listen: Ride, ‘Home is a Feeling’ — shoegaze legends debut 2nd new track this week

Seminal shoegaze act Ride went 21 years without releasing new music, but after debuting “Charm Assault” this week, the wait for more was just 24 hours. The band has now shared a second new track, the meditative “Home is a Feeling,” which you can hear here.

Listen: Ride, 'Charm Assault' — shoegaze legends' first new music in 20 years

Listen: Ride, ‘Charm Assault’ — shoegaze legends’ first new music in 20 years

Reunited shoegaze legends Ride today debuted their first new music in 21 years, releasing the song “Charm Assault” that presumably is a taste of the band’s as-yet-announced fifth studio album, which is expected out sometime this summer. The new song is produced by Erol Alkan and mixed by Alan Moulder.

Stream Erasure's new single 'Elevation' — off forthcoming 'The Violet Flame'

Stream Erasure’s new single ‘Elevation’ — off forthcoming ‘The Violet Flame’

We’re still two months away from the arrival of Erasure’s 16th studio album, The Violet Flame, but the duo has just offered up the first taste of the record in the form of first single “Elevation,” which you can stream here. Vince Clarke and Andy Bell also revealed the full tracklist for the album,