Soft Cell have shared their new single “Bruises on My Illusions” from the synth-pop duo’s first album in 20 years, *Happiness Not Included.. Singer Marc Almond and keyboardist Dave Ball ...

Soft Cell‘s new album ’*Happiness Not Included’ will be out in Spring of 2022. ... the news has made me this way,” Marc Almond sings over Dave Ball’s distinctive style.

Bandmate Dave Ball described the LP as “the first period of Soft Cell, really. It was our pop period, and by 1982 we were done and dusted with that. The next one, was much darker.” ...

With “Bruises on My Illusions,” the duo has also announced that *Happiness Not Included is out February 25 May 6. It’ll be the first new album from Marc Almond and Dave Ball since 2002’s ...

After supposedly playing their “last show” in 2018, ’80s synthpop greats Soft Cell announced this summer that they would be returning next year with *Happiness Not Included, their first new ...

Soft Cell are reissuing their groundbreaking 1982 remix album Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing on June 20. ... Says the duo’s Dave Ball: ...

Marc Almond of Soft Cell talks about the synth-pop duo’s first album in 20 years, the legacy of ‘Tainted Love,’ working with his musical partner David Ball, meeting Andy Warhol, and ...

Soft Cell: Marc Almond and Dave Ball. credit: Image provided by Big Hassle. When Soft Cell—the legendary British synthpop duo of singer Marc Almond and keyboardist David Ball—performed at ...

Speaking to NME’s Paul Morley in May 1981, Soft Cell’s Marc Almond clearly expressed where he and Dave Ball intended to go with their music.At this point, the duo had not issued much. October 1980’s ...

UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 01: Photo of Marc ALMOND and SOFT CELL; Marc Almond & Dave Ball ... Soft Cell still is mainly known for “Tainted Love,” which wasn’t one of your originals.

As you might have heard, Soft Cell are releasing their first new album in 20 years, ... Dave Ball added: “‘Purple Zone’ is probably our finest pop moment since the early 1980s.” ...