Erasure (Andy Bell and Vince Clarke) announce details of their 17^th studio album, World Be Gone, out on Mute on 19 May 2017. World Be Gone is the follow up to 2014’s The Violet Flame, and follows the band’s recent 30th anniversary celebrations. Their new album sees the award-winning songwriters in a more reflective mood, giving the world and recent political upheavals a thoughtful examination and, as highlighted on the painted artwork showing a ship's masthead rising up from being submerged in the stormy waters, looking forward to the future.

Explains Vince Clarke, “Obviously the current political climate lends itself to lots of ideas”, Andy Bell continues, “I think there’s an underswell of opinion, and people are slowly waking up. I’m hoping that people will take the album in a positive way, that they’ll use it as optimistic rabble-rousing music.”

The enduring BRIT and Ivor Novello winning pop duo have released a staggering number of albums, including 5 UK Number 1’s and 17 top 10 singles (35 singles charted in the UK Top 40) and their recent best of, Always, saw Erasure entering the Top 10 album charts once again. They have been invited as special guests on Robbie Williams’ 2017 stadium tour taking place in the summer. Ahead of those dates, they perform three headline shows: 27 May in Glasgow, 28 May in Manchester and 29 May at London’s historic Roundhouse.

World Be Gone Tracklisting;

Love You To The Sky

Be Careful What You Wish For!

World Be Gone

A Bitter Parting

Still It's Not Over

Take Me Out Of Myself

Sweet Summer Loving

Oh What A World

Lousy Sum Of Nothing

Just A Little Love

Erasure Headline Tour Dates;

27 May – Glasgow, 02 Academy

28 May – Manchester Albert Hall

29 May – London Roundhouse

Erasure Tour Dates With Robbie Williams – 2017

2 June – UK Manchester, Ethiad Stadium

6 June – UK Southampton, St Mary’s Stadium

9 June – UK Edinburgh, Murrayfield Stadium

13 June – UK Coventry, Ricoh Stadium

17 June – IRE Dublin, Aviva Stadium

21 June – UK Cardiff, Ethiad Stadium

23 June – UK London, Stadium (Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park)

Analogue Wave is an Irish-based electronic duo, mixing dub and electronica with breakbeats, vocals and synths. After a three-year hiatus, the band have returned to the underground scene with a brand new single ‘Hope’. This is a call to arms in a world spinning wildly out of control, both politically and climatically, with no hope of a positive ending in sight.

“Hope is a sonic reaction to both the political and climatic turmoil currently threatening modern life as we know it,” explains vocalist Del Chaney. “It was written under the shadow of the farcical US presidential elections and the current fallout from Brexit.” 

Formed in 2012, Analogue Wave have been creating glitchy atmospherically charged musical output for almost five years, leaning heavily on influences such as Leftfield, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Dead Can Dance, Portishead, and those lovely late 80’s Manchester vibes.

The duo consists of Del Chaney (vocals/songwriting) & Andy Sneyd (songwriting/production). They have previously released two full studio albums, their debut album N.l.G.w.V in 2013 and their excellent follw-up, Casimir, in 2014. They have also had their music remixed by artists such as Ummagma, InViolet, Grim, Four Point Zero and Temperance, releasing an impressive remix collection ‘Alterations’ in 2015.

‘Hope’ will be officially released on March 24, 2017 digitally via Bandcamp

Track List;

1. Hope

2. Hope (Tuath Remix) 

3. Mezkal (Ummagma Remix)