{"product_id":"cd-doublespeak-doublespeak","title":"CD - Doublespeak - Doublespeak","description":"\u003cp\u003e1CD - UK Import\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDepeche Mode\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eYazoo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eErasure\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eVince Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlancmange\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Arthur\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the electronic producer-writer-synth-nerd \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e have joined forces to form the new project \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoublespeak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Their self-titled debut album revisits eleven of their favorite songs from the past four decades, each reimagined and renewed in the timeless space of gleaming analog electronica. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoubleSpeak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e album is divided between songs from the postpunk netherworld brought blinking into the light (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFad Gadget\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sound\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eYoung Marble Giants\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), pop radio monsters ushered back down a dark stairway into the club (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eABBA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Essex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Carpenters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and buried treasures from the 1990s onwards (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Magnetic Fields\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Dowie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaptop\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). Collectively, the album amounts to a shadow autobiography of the three collaborators' continuing musical education. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoubleSpeak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the great human songbook, synthesized. Empathic vocals, bold arrangements and glowing analog electronics turn familiar and forgotten songs into a personal, forward-looking electronic statement. Also features songs by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Leer\/Robert Rental\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Hartford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Encore Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48443084112126,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1546\/6351\/files\/LMS1725744_CU.jpg?v=1782411245","url":"https:\/\/encorerecords.ca\/products\/cd-doublespeak-doublespeak","provider":"Encore Records Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}