Erasure Announce New Album; Listen To An Excerpt

ERASURE   ANNOUNCE NEW RELEASE DAY-GLO (BASED ON A TRUE STORY) OUT AUGUST 12 ON MUTE   LISTEN TO AN EXCERPT

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Recent praise for The Neon:   “…defiantly joyous…” – THE NEW YORKER   “…what the world needs right now…euphoric…” – NEWSWEEK   “…[an] appropriately neon-streaked synth confection…classic Erasure…” – STEREOGUM   “...a new album as vibrant as any from the past three and a half decades...something special.”  – POPMATTERS   “…a rebirth…” – FLOOD   ERASURE (Andy Bell and Vince Clarke) today announce details of their new release, Day-Glo (Based on a True Story), out August 12 via Mute on fluorescent green vinyl, CD, and digital platforms.   Day-Glo (Based on a True Story) and their eighteenth studio album, The Neon, show two very unique sides of Erasure. With their core themes of love, understanding, and positively shining through, this release marks the closure of this chapter of The Neon.   Listen to the first chapter of Day-Glo (Based on a True Story) here. Pre-order the album here.   Vince Clarke, finding himself with unscheduled time to spend in the studio, began manipulating files for tracks from The Neon, their acclaimed 2020 album release. With no agenda in mind, gradually a hidden landscape in the tracks began to emerge – one that revealed a track within a track, another world within The Neon. Clarke explored this further, progressing some of the techniques he was using until the tracks that make up Day-Glo (Based on a True Story) started to fall into place.   Andy Bell then took these tracks into the studio and, with long-time collaborator Gareth Jones, began work on his parts. Although undoubtably Erasure, a sense of improvisation permeates the tracks as Bell worked on vocals that built, through collage, into the finished album.   The final album bears little resemblance to the original source material, although echoes of The Neon can be heard from time to time. Instead, the album is an alternative look at Vince and Andy’s world, something that could only have been created when the artists were confronted with circumstances that allowed a little introspection to create something entirely new.   Day-Glo (Based on a True Story) is an unexpected collection of 10 brand-new tracks – each created using elements of The Neon universe ­­– that is both familiar and unexpected.   The Neon went into the UK Official Albums Chart at #4, Erasure’s highest chart position since 1994’s I Say I Say I Say (which in turn was recently released as a deluxe 2CD expanded hardback book release).       Day-Glo (Based on a True Story) Tracklisting 1. Based on a True Story 2. Bop Beat 3. Pin-Prick 4. The Conman 5. Now 6. Inside Out 7. Harbour of My Heart 8. 3 Strikes and You're Out 9. The Shape of Things 10. The End Pre-order Day-Glo (Based on a True Story) Listen to an excerpt Stream and purchase The Neon   ERASURE: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | SPOTIFY | APPLE MUSIC | BANDCAMP   MUTE: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | SOUNDCLOUD