Depeche Mode We're Firing On All Cylinders (Alternative Press, 2001)
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DEPECHE MODE
ALBUM TITLE: TBA
RELEASE DATE: May 2001, on Reprise
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT: Few artists can claim they're making a fresh start after two decades, but Depeche Mode, a band who have "gone the distance", in singer David Gahan's words, are doing just that. Their last album, 1997's underrated 'Ultra', was a dark transition for the band that saw them "trying to find our feet again" after the defection of keyboardist Alan Wilder and Gahan's well-publicized struggle with drug addiction. The new album has been a much healthier undertaking. "We're firing on all cylinders", says Gahan. "Martin [Gore, Depeche's mastermind] has come up with some great songs. Everybody is very optimistic." The band have been recording with producer Mark Bell (Bjork), and the process has yielded more songs than usual, according to Gahan. Early standouts include 'Sweetest Condition', 'When The Body Speaks' and 'Freelove', which is "one of the best tunes Martin has written as far as pop-ability since 'Enjoy The Silence'." And lest you worry that Gore's recent change of address to sunny Santa Barbara has turned Depeche into a vapid surf band, Gahan assures the lyrical themes involve the "usual obsessions, love, compulsion, lust, addiction...everything that's wrapped up in love - all the pain, all the joy. What's different about it, is it's not all like, 'This is hell'." So Gore hasn't traded in his black wardrobe for pastel beachwear? Gahan laughs. "No. It's beautiful [in Santa Barbara], but no." [RC]
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