Depeche Mode releases “Memento Mori”, an album created in captivity

British electronic music group Depeche Mode release a new album today Memento Moria work created during months of confinement due to covid-19, which explores deep issues such as mortality and has been highly praised by critics.

As reported by EFE, the veteran band formed in 1980, today a whole referent of electro pop soundreleased the first single accompanied by a video on February 10, Ghosts againas an announcement of this fifteenth project.

As the group’s soloist hinted last month, Dave Gahan and Martin Gore -the only remaining “survivor” from the original formation-, that first song captured “the perfect balance between melancholy and joy”. Twelve songs that make up memento mori They go through multiple states of mind, from paranoia to catharsis and joy, passing through obsession. British critics capitulated to the “quality” of the album’s lyrics and electro-pop sounds.which the specialist magazine NME considers “the best of the group so far this century”.

“Having an album of this quality after what they’ve been through might seem miraculous, but Depeche Mode has always turned turbulence, tension and the darkest moments of life into magic,” the publication says, calling the work “a testament to creativity and friendship. “The world of music is thanks richer for him”, he claims.

also a diary Guard highlights the “strange and warm electro pop” that surrounds Memento Mori’s songs, “an elegant farewell to (Andrew Fletch) Fletcher», one of the group’s co-founders and keyboard player, who tragically died in May 2022 at the age of 60 from aortic dissection. Fletcher’s deathwho, according to his bandmates, played a key role in tempering egos within the band and keeping the ship afloat, dealt a huge blow to the rest of the band and, at the same time, somehow managed to bring Gore and Gahan closer together.

The group, which has sold 120 million copies during its career, will present the new album in concert on June 2 and 9 at the music festival Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Madrid.

memento mori Produced by James Ford (Gorillaz, Florence and The Machine, Arctic Monkeys) and Marta Salogna (Björk, MIA, Animal Collective), the album began to take shape during the early stages of the covid-19 pandemic. The group’s constant collaborator, designer Anton Corbijn, is behind the artistic design of the album cover