Doublespeak CD

Doublespeak brings together Erasures Vince Clarke, Blancmanges Neil Arthur and synthauteur Benge for a sleek, synthdriven reinvention of eleven songs spanning four decades.Split between postpunk tracks, unheralded gems and pop classics, with its empathic vocals, bold arrangements and glowing analogue electronics, Doublespeak turns familiar and forgotten songs into a personal, forwardlooking electronic statement.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.