According to Rolling Stone Magazine #1066, before Depeche Mode began recording their new album, the group’s guitarist and chief songwriter, Martin Gore, went out and bought a bunch of vintage gear. “It’s helped to shape the sound of the album,” says Gore. “The sounds we are making are more akin to stuff we did in the late 1980s, around Violator. That was a real creative high for us.”The group has been recording off and on for their as yet untitled 12th studio album release for nine months in New York and in a studio near Gore’s Santa Barbara, California, home. On its last release, 2005’s Playing the Angel, singer Dave Gahan contributed songs for the first time in Depeche Mode’s 25-year career. So far, he’s given four new songs to this currently untitled set. “I think it’s natural,” says Gore — who was the group’s sole songwriter for most of its career. Gore says it’s too early to discuss specific tracks, but he says the album has a strong spiritual feel. Let's hope that Depeche Mode will not let us down and deliver something as good as Playing The Angel to say the least. They're visiting Athens on the 12th of May and absolute mayhem is guaranteed... Visit the band's website to find out the rest of their upcoming European tour dates.
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