7/09/2020

Erasure Launch New Track "Shot A Satellite"; New Album Out August 21

ERASURE

LAUNCH NEW TRACK
“SHOT A SATELLITE”

NEW ALBUM
THE NEON

OUT AUGUST 21
credit: Phil Sharp
Recent praise for first single “Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)”:

"...[an] appropriately neon-streaked synth confection." – STEREOGUM

"…another irresistible, modern synth-pop stunner..." – BLACKBOOK

“Clarke's gurgling synthpop + Bell's powerful pipes never seems to get old.” – BROOKLYN VEGAN

ERASURE (Andy Bell and Vince Clarke) have shared the second track to be taken from their eagerly awaited new album, The Neon. Listen to “Shot A Satellite” here.

Launching off a bed of stuttering, percussive sci-fi synths, “Shot A Satellite” is the latest taste of what to expect from The Neon – out August 21 on Mute. The record will be released digitally and on standard and deluxe limited editions of vinyl, CD and cassette. Pre-orders via Mute or the band’s shop will give priority ticket access to future tour dates. Pre-order The Neon here.

The band recently released a remix EP for the first single, “Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)” featuring reworkings from UK-based DJ and producer Philip George, Nimmo, and Daybreakers – aka Ric Scott and Alex Hush whose previous remix credits include Madonna and U2. Listen to the original track here and the remix EP here.

MORE ABOUT THE NEON
The Neon is a place that lives in the imagination. It could be a night club, a shop, a city, a cafe, a country, a bedroom, a restaurant, any place at all. It’s a place of possibility in warm, glowing light and this is music that takes you there.

Written and produced by Erasure, the album’s initial sessions saw Vince and Andy reunite to work on the follow up to 2017’s World Be Gone with a fresh optimism and energy, in part born from their own recent personal projects. Vince goes on to explain, “Our music is always a reflection of how we’re feeling. Andy was in a good place spiritually, and so was I – really good places in our minds. You can hear that.”

Taking inspiration from pop music through the decades, from bands Andy loved as a child through to the present day, he explains, “It was about refreshing my love – hopefully our love – of great pop. I want kids now to hear these songs! I wanted to recharge that feeling that pop can come from anyone.”

The Neon offers us warmth and a brilliant brightness in our times. It connects us to our pasts and our futures as it glistens with hope. It creates beautiful places where our imaginations can roam, bringing us together, twinkling and beaming. The Neon transports us to a celebratory world, now and forever, illuminated and alive.



The Neon Tracklist
1. Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)
2. Nerves of Steel
3. Fallen Angel
4. No Point In Tripping
5. Shot A Satellite
6. Tower of Love
7. Diamond Lies
8. New Horizons
9. Careful What I Try to Do
10. Kid You’re Not Alone
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