SOFT CELL – *Happiness not included – CD deluxe hardback – 538704532

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1 / Happy Happy Happy / 4:46
2 / Polaroid / 4:41
3 / Bruises On My Illusions / 4:45
4 / Purple Zone (Soft Cell + Pet Shop Boys) / 3:11
5 / Heart Like Chernobyl / 3:24
6 / Light Sleepers / 4:41
7 / *Happiness not included / 4:55
8 / Nostalgia Machine / 4:34
9 / Nighthawks / 5:14
10 / I’m Not A Friend Of God / 4:35
11 / Tranquiliser / 3:50
12 / New Eden / 6:29

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Soft Cell – frontman Marc Almond and producer/instrumentalist Dave Ball – are set to return with their fifth studio album *Happiness Not Included, which will be released on May 6th 2022 via a new deal with BMG. It represents their first new album since they issued ‘Cruelty Without Beauty’ back in 2002. They will build towards the album’s release by sharing a new single in the autumn and playing some UK shows in November 2021.

One play of ‘*Happiness Not Included’ reveals all of the traits that fans first adored Soft Cell for: that distinctive and striking balance between light and shade, hope and despair, the personal and the universal. Highlights include the yearning, airy pop of ‘Purple Zone’ which contrasts its uplifting sonics with Almond’s darkly doomed lyrics, while ‘Light Sleepers’ drifts with a daydream elegance that neatly matches its subject matter. Elsewhere, ‘Bruises On My Illusions’ is bigger and more abrasive, its baroque-tinged synth energy elevated by theatrical vocal harmonies, while the pure grandeur of ‘New Eden’ closes with the album on a suitably cinematic note.

‘New Eden’ best encapsulates the album’s themes as Almond sings, “All those plans we made in the ‘60s… Seem naïve now we’ve grown older / Leaving we’re leaving looking for the New Eden.” Changing perceptions of the passing of time are a recurring theme throughout. At various points, Almond explores the disappointment of a future that never materialised, reflects on his experiences at The Factory, expresses disillusionment at the modern media landscape, and comes to accept that life isn’t eternal.

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  1. Fernando Nogueira (proprietário verificado)

    Para quem a nostalgia não represente um papão-a-manter-à-distância, este é um trabalho ideal também para se ouvir em 2022!
    Obviamente para quem gostou de alguma coisa de Marc Almond & Soft Cell no passado, mas os fãs de Pet Shop Boys também podem gostar.
    Pessoalmente, o que me trouxe a este álbum foi também a colaboração dos The McCarricks. Uma magnífica festa de celebração da melhor Nostalgia. Não há que ter medos! É só ouvir!

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