Doomy synths, swampy guitars and a grizzled gnome turning priapic pirouettes: Depeche Mode is once again having its deviant way with electro-pop. This approach has certainly paid commercial dividends. Its artistic merits are less convincing. Easily dismissed as a cult alternative band, Depeche Mode has a huge audience. In the mid 1980s the British band darkened its perky synthpop with a heady swirl of religion, kinky sex and industrial clanking. A fiercely devoted fanbase flocks...
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