Private View

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Take the aforementioned ‘Everything Is Connected’: “Hang the washing out / Do the washing up / Close the door and then lock it”.

Four decades on from Blancmange’s first release, ‘Private View’ is a cohesive body of work and, with a creative streak that shows no sign of slowing down, one that has us itching to see where Neil takes his sound next.Originally from the UK’s post punk DIY scene, Blancmange found success in 1982, long player ‘Happy Families’ selling Gold in the UK, and its 3 singles becoming international hits.

Private View is set for release on London Records almost exactly 40 years to the day since they released their debut, Happy Families. In your user account, you can import your Spotify library or ‘follow’ artists you find on our site to add them to your ‘favourites’. It’s a sweaty, sticky afternoon on London’s South Bank, and we’re sitting outside a cafe round the back of the Royal Festival Hall. Private View is a record that manages to capture an artist who is potently in the moment when it comes to creating new work, while also being able to draw on 40 years’ worth of knowledge, experience, and built-in intuition. But then I move on in the song, and I say ‘You should grab hold of everything…’ You know, do you need to carry your shitty baggage around with you?Some Times These’ also retains a fuzzy kerrang element although the chorus keyboard theme has an immersive Eno-esque air that echoes his work on “Heroes”. Reduced Voltage juxtaposes pulsing synths with a dark, brooding vocal from Neil – a trope that appears across the set – while I Tried To Be You has an eerie electronic soundscape, enhancing the obsessive narrative of its lyrics. Continuing FADER partner Benge as producer who worked on the recent BLANCMANGE albums ‘Unfurnished Rooms’, ‘Wanderlust’, ‘Mindset’ and ‘Commercial Break’, ‘Private View’ presents a striking opener in ‘What’s Your Name’; not a cover of the 1981 DEPECHE MODE tune, despite a sparse vibey start, it strums and crashes into action while Arthur uses a manipulated voice treatment to give a sense of other worldly alienation away from the indie rock track that this could easily be.

I used to do a lot of swimming, and Stephen was keen too – so we challenged them to a competition and we whupped their arses. Waking up with an idea seeded in 1980, ‘Here We Go Go’ is a song that could have come from the ‘Quartz’ album from FADER but with louder percussion, before it marvellously morphs into the artier drama of OMD for its conclusion. Their latest - 'Private View' - is an accumulation of 40 years of musical knowledge to create perhaps their most free flowing to date.

In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases. MAEVE STEELE HONEYLAND INDEPENDENT Some artists need a few albums to establish their artistic presence. All the sounds and feels you'd want if you love Stephen's previous bands, but with some new twists and ideas keeping it fresh.