from www.Billboard.com:

 

ERASURE SEES THE 'LIGHT' ON NEW ALBUM

by Jonathan Cohen

 

After an unexpected acoustic detour with last year's "Union Street,"

veteran synth-pop duo Erasure is back in familiar territory

for "Light at the End of the World," due May 22 via Mute. The 10-

track set was recorded last fall at a converted studio in Portland,

Maine.

 

Vocalist Andy Bell tells Billboard.com the material was derived both

from backing tracks Vince Clarke had sent to him via email and two

writing sessions the pair held together in Maine. Bell also took

great joy in playing Clarke favorite music from his iPod as

inspiration for the new album's sound.

 

Among them, according to Bell: "a remix album called 'Grand 12

Inches,' by Ben Liebrand, and also the Boy George album 'Yum Yum.'

Then, things like Miss Kittin and old disco stuff like Shannon, 'Let

the Music Play.' And, quite a lot of Giorgio Moroder material,

because I love Donna Summer."

 

Bell is particularly high on album track "Glass Angel," which he

likens as a musical sequel to "Rock Me Gently" from Erasure's 1995

self-titled album. "It's quite surreal, the lyrics," he says. "It's a

tune that came to me quite quickly, which I always love, because

those tunes are kind of meant to be." Thematically, the project is

about "being torn between two lovers, which is what I am going

through at the moment," Bell says with a chuckle.

 

Erasure will debut new material this summer during the True Colors

tour, which will also feature Cyndi Lauper, Blondie's Debbie Harry

and the Gossip. "I feel like I'm in the company of these grand

dames," says Bell of the outing, scheduled to begin in June in

Seattle. From there, Erasure will play some headlining shows in North

America then head to Europe. A gig at London's Royal Albert Hall is

also in the works.

 

Meanwhile, the "Union Street" tour, which found Erasure surrounded by

auxiliary musicians, is chronicled on the CD/DVD "On the Road to

Nashville," due Feb. 20 via Mute. Bell says he relished the

experience: "If anything, I felt safer, because there were more

people on the stage and I felt the emphasis was not on me so much,"

he offers. "Having musicians there was really nice. Also, doing

different interpretations of the songs kept it fresh for me. It's

hard to put a new spin on songs you do over and over."

 

 

 

cool thanks for postin it will be interesting to see what they come up with this time around

Poor man's Pet Shop Boys. -_-

 

Have liked some of their songs though.