Andy Bell has confirmed that he and Vince Clarke are engaged on a brand new Erasure album.
Andy Bell has revealed {that a} new Erasure album is within the works
The 61-year-old singer defined that the synth-pop duo will launch their first album since 2020’s ‘The Neon’ and admits that it will likely be significantly poignant following the loss of life of Clarke’s spouse Tracy Hurley Martin from abdomen most cancers final yr.
Andy advised Gold Derby: “So many issues have occurred in between, for Vince particularly.
“We have visited one another. I had some songs despatched by Vince to me, after which we bought collectively, began writing. We have not completed. We’re assembly once more in August, so we need to get it proper. We would like the correct feeling, and we’ll know. … We’re a household.
“And I’ll name him after this (interview), as a result of I need him to know that we’re right here. I am right here. He is not the simplest individual to get via to, however we have had some actually pretty conversations since. So, yeah, I really like him.”
Andy got here out as homosexual lengthy earlier than Erasure began having hits within the Nineteen Eighties however felt that the ‘A Little Respect’ hitmakers weren’t taken as critically by critics as they weren’t as political as different queer acts on the time akin to Bronski Beat.
He defined: “Jimmy Somerville was on the forefront for me. He was a foot soldier, and I felt like I used to be form of within the background as a result of we have been vocal, however not as political.
“However I form of felt just like the enchantment to the unusual man or girl, you simply made (homosexuality) a normal-conversation form of factor. Due to this fact, I might by no means go within the entrance in marches, which appears a bit cowardly – however I did not need to be arrested! However we did the die-ins and all these sorts of issues for Stonewall.”
Andy admits that it was “actually scary” being out as attitudes in the direction of homosexuality have been very totally different at Erasure’s peak.
He mentioned: “It was very scary. Even performing within the US at the moment, you simply did not know what was going to occur at any time.
“Typically I used to be grateful that we weren’t performed on the radio, as a result of I did not need my profile to be that prime that everyone knew suddenly. So, possibly I used to be barely ‘closeted’ in my being out.”
