Overview
- Doublespeak launched with a cover of Fad Gadget’s Back to Nature, giving a first look at the project as pre-orders went live.
- The self-titled album is due May 29 on London Records and features 11 analog-synth reinterpretations.
- The tracklist reaches from post-punk staples to pop standards, including songs by Young Marble Giants, The Sound, ABBA, and the Carpenters.
- Vince Clarke, Neil Arthur, and producer Benge call the collection a shadow autobiography that grew from an idea first shared in 2017.
- The lead single nods to Mute Records’ early era and highlights the members’ shared electronic lineage through Depeche Mode, Erasure, Blancmange, and Benge’s long studio work.