Any pop purist from the 80s will have fond memories of Erasure. For over thirty years they have remained a stalwart act and following their resurgence after 2014s The Violet Flame and 2016s 30th anniversary celebrations they are once more in the spotlight. Vince Clarke’s recent extra-curricular activities with the likes of Jean-Michael Jarre and Martin Gore together with Andy Bell’s collaborations with Shelter and exploits as polysexual Torsten have given the duo a recharge and World Be Gone sees them release arguably one of their best pieces of work.

It’s fair to say that they have becomes masters of the pop song and now in their 50s seem to create likeable, addictive tunes with masterful ease. Sure, they haven’t had a single in the UK charts for ten years but is the Top 40 still a thing? Albums have continued to reap success and their ever loyal fans would tell you that they remain as good, if not better, than ever.

So what of World Be Gone? An album sleeve that has been described as a tribute to previous album sleeves or a nation rising out of to the challenge of Brexit – (both may be wide of the mark, it may just be the bow of a boat on the ocean) – gives little away and only fuels the intrigue. Ten tracks that will resonate with people of a certain age and may well attract younger fans too.

Album opener and recent single, Love You To The Sky is possibly the best thing they have written for ten years. It has everything that the pop fan demands – pumping percussive line, banks of backing sound, catchy verses and even catchier chorus. Bell sounds at his best, a voice that is instantly recognisable, stronger and better than ever he is at the height of his career whilst Clarke, regarded as a musical genius does what he does best – simple yet somehow complex musical accompaniment.

The title track and A Bitter Parting are Erasure at their simplest, the former being a little nugget tucked away on the album and the later a potential fan favourite sees a chorus which will do doubt have mobile phone torches (the new matchstick or cigarette lighter) held aloft at live performances. Still It’s Not Over is simply great song writing.

Oh What A World is fascinating. Venturing into the dark world of Erasure not often seen. Musically, a deep bass tone pervades and Bell sounds almost robotic as he describes the unpredictable world we live in. It has to be heard to be believed as it briefly shows a different side of the duo and is strangely addictive.

Sweet Summer Loving is an unrequited love song and as such is gorgeous as one of those things that Erasure do so well and Lousy Sum Of Nothing borders on anthemic whilst it once more reflects on world events.

With World Be Gone, Erasure have come up trumps not just by their own standards but also in good, refreshing pop music. They are back on the Radio 2 ‘A List’ and will support Robbie Williams on twenty seven dates this year. The fine art of perfect pop has never been so easily achieved and Erasure it would seem have is mastered.

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Erasure are set to return with their 17th studio album, World Be Gone, on May 19th via Mute. Today, they’ve shared the first single from the The Violet Flame follow-up, “Love You to the Sky”.

The track comes in on marching percussion before softening out over some bouncing electronics. It might at first sound like a dramatic bit of new wave, but as the soaring synthesizers on the chorus signal, it’s really a sugary love-sick ode. “I love you to the sky, sky, sky, sky,” Andy Bell sings. “I’ll not tell you lies, lies, lies, lies/ You can be my summer romance/ Say it’s not an omen/ Tell me that you want me.” Take a listen via the lyric video below.

Erasure will support World Be Gone on a European tour this summer alongside Robbie Williams.

Check out the album art and tracklist below:

World Be Gone Tracklist:
01. Love You to the Sky
02. Be Careful What You Wish For!
03. World Be Gone
04. A Bitter Parting
05. Still It’s Not Over
06. Take Me Out of Myself
07. Sweet Summer Loving
08. Oh What A World
09. Lousy Sum of Nothing
10. Just a Little Love

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The track, which premiered on Chris Evans’ BBC Radio 2 programme, is Erasure at their swooning love struck best and will be available on the usual streaming sites from Friday 17 March.

World Be Gone, the band’s seventeenth studio album, is the follow up to the The Violet Flame (2014), and follows the band’s recent 30th anniversary celebrations.

World Be Gone sees the award-winning songwriters in a more reflective mood, giving the world and recent political upheavals a thoughtful examination and, as highlighted on the painted artwork showing a ship’s masthead rising up from being submerged in the stormy waters, looking forward to the future.

Explains Vince Clarke, “Obviously the current political climate lends itself to lots of ideas”, Andy Bell continues, “I think there’s an underswell of opinion, and people are slowly waking up. I’m hoping that people will take the album in a positive way, that they’ll use it as optimistic rabble-rousing music.”

The enduring BRIT and Ivor Novello winning pop duo have released a staggering number of albums, including 5 UK Number 1’s and 17 top 10 singles (35 singles charted in the UK Top 40) and their recent best of, Always, saw Erasure entering the Top 10 album charts once again.

Erasure are delighted to have been invited as special guests on Robbie Williams’ 2017 stadium tour taking place in the summer. Ahead of those dates, Erasure perform three sold out headline shows: 27 May in Glasgow, 28 May in Manchester and 29 May at London’s historic Roundhouse. Full details below.

World Be Gone, written, performed and produced by Erasure and mixed by Matty Green, will be available on CD, ltd edition orange vinyl, regular vinyl & cassette and is available to pre-order now. As a special thank you to fans, everyone who pre-orders the album by 7 April (through the dedicated World Be Gone pre-order site) will get their name included in the album artwork and 500 copies of the album will be signed.

WORLD BE GONE TRACKLISTING

Love You To The Sky

Be Careful What You Wish For!

World Be Gone

A Bitter Parting

Still It’s Not Over

Take Me Out Of Myself

Sweet Summer Loving

Oh What A World

Lousy Sum Of Nothing

Just A Little Love

ERASURE HEADLINE TOUR DATES  – SOLD OUT

27 May – Glasgow, 02 Academy

28 May – Manchester Albert Hall

29 May – London Roundhouse

ERASURE TOUR DATES WITH ROBBIE WILLIAMS – 2017

2 June – UK Manchester, Ethiad Stadium

6 June – UK Southampton, St Mary’s Stadium

9 June – UK Edinburgh, Murrayfield Stadium

13 June – UK Coventry, Ricoh Stadium

17 June – IRE Dublin, Aviva Stadium

21 June – UK Cardiff, Ethiad Stadium

23 June – UK London, Stadium (Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park)

28 June – DE Dusseldorf, Espirit Arena

1 July – FR Paris, AccorHotels Arena

4 July – NL Nijmegen, Goffertpark

8 July – BE Werchter, Festivalpark

11 July – DE Hannover, HDI Arena

14 July – IT Verona, Stadio Bentegodi

19 July – DE Frankfurt, Commerzbank Arena

22 July – DE Munich, Olympiastadion

25 July – DE Berlin, Waldbühne

29 July – SE Stockholm, Tele2 Arena

4 Aug – NO Bergen, Bergenhus Fortress

7 Aug – DK Copenhagen, Telia Parken

10 Aug – FI Tampere, Ratina Stadium

13 Aug – PL Warsaw, PGE Narodowy

16 Aug – LT Vilnius, Vingis Park

19 Aug – CZ Prague, Airport Letnany

23 Aug – HU Budapest, Groupama Arena

26 Aug – AT Vienna, Ernst Happel Stadium

29 Aug – AT Klagenfurt, Wörthersee Stadium

2 Sep – CH Zurich, Letzigrund Stadium

7 Sep – RU St Petersburg, Ledovi Dvorets Palace

10 Sep – RU Moscow, Olympiski

Tickets are onsale now from RobbieWilliams.com

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