ERASURE – UNION STREET THE ACOUSTIC ALBUM - OUT ON 3rd APRIL 2006 PLUS UK TOUR IN APRIL 2006
Erasure have always been full of surprises. In two decades of plugging in and wigging out, Vince Clarke and Andy Bell have sold millions of albums around the world, staged Broadway-style live spectaculars, and topped the charts with outlandish cover versions. The latest Book of British Hit Singles ranks the duo among the Top 100 Most Successful Acts of All Time and in 2005 The Times proclaimed them more important than Kraftwerk in the great history book of rock.
On their brand new album UNION STREET, Vince and Andy have delivered their biggest surprise yet. In a boldly experimental step for an electronic band, they have unplugged themselves, bringing new soulful new depths and acoustic textures of 11 songs spanning their entire career.
Union Street was recorded in the Brooklyn studio of the same name, which is owned by guitarist Steve Walsh, who previously played on Erasure’s 2003 covers collection Other People’s Songs and produced their 2005 album Nightbird. Walsh is currently assembling musicians for Erasure’s first ever live-band tour. "We found this cool guitarist with a cool studio and decided to use both,” says Vince.
The album is dominated by revamped album tracks and born-again B-sides that the band felt best suited an extreme makeover. All sound refreshingly different to their original blueprints. “It was great going back through those songs, some of which I hadn't listened to properly since we made them,” Vince recalls. "Suddenly you heard some of the naivety that was in there in the first place."
Union Street proves there has always been much more to Vince and Andy than shiny pop thrills. Unplugged, both musically and emotionally, they have never before sounded so graceful or so heartfelt. This is an album full of pleasant surprises. But coming from Erasure, that is no surprise at all.
UNION STREET TRACKLISTING BOY (from the album Cowboy) PIANO SONG (from the album Wild!) STAY WITH ME (from the album Erasure) SPIRALLING (from the album The Circus) HOME (from the album Chorus) TENDEREST MOMENTS (Run To The Sun B Side) ALIEN (from the album Loveboat) BLUES AWAY (from the album I Say I Say I Say) HOW MANY TIMES? (from the album Wild!) LOVE AFFAIR (from the album Cowboy) ROCK ME GENTLY (from the album Erasure)
ERASURE ACOUSTIC DATES 14th APRIL - Edinburgh Usher Hall - £22.50 (0870 400 0688 / www.getlive.co.uk) 15th APRIL - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - £22.50 (0870 400 0688 / www.getlive.co.uk) 16th APRIL - Manchester Lowry - £22.50 (0870 400 0688 / www.getlive.co.uk) 17th APRIL - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall - £22.50 (0870 400 0688 / www.getlive.co.uk) 19th APRIL - London Shepherds Bush Empire - £25.00 (0870 400 0688 / www.getlive.co.uk) 21st APRIL - Gateshead Sage - £22.00 (0191 443 4661/ www.thesagegateshead.org)
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