Doublespeak brings together Erasure's Vince Clarke, Blancmange's Neil Arthur and synth-auteur Benge for a sleek, synth-driven reinvention of 11 songs spanning four decades. Split between post-punk tracks, unheralded gems and pop classics, Doublespeak is the great human songbook, synthesised.
Empathic vocals, bold arrangements and glowing analogue electronics turn familiar and forgotten songs into a personal, forward-looking electronic statement.
The record features covers of tracks by Fad Gadget, Young Marble Giants, ABBA, The Sound, Carpenters, David Essex, The Magnetic Fields, Thomas Leer and Robert Rental, John Hartford, Ed Dowie and Laptop.
