“SUCCESSION, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Kominsky Method, Call My Agent, writing the new Soft Cell album . . . ” Marc Almond is listing what got him through lockdown and how he and Dave Ball ...

Onetime Soft Cell singer Marc Almond had decided that his 2010 solo LP Varieté would be his last. At least until English producer and songwriter Chris Braide dropped him a line.

Last year, Marc Almond and David Ball reunited Soft Cell for their first show since 2004 in London, which they also said would be their last show ever, and they also released their first new song ...

Although careful not to step too far into the closets of Almond’s darker avenues, the 35 well-chosen tracks give a good overview of one of our most experimental and colourful creatives.

Soft Cell singer Marc Almond lists four songs that influenced the band’s approach to making soulful electro that resulted in hits like Tainted Love and Say Hello, Wave Goodbye.

It was September of that year when Soft Cell reunited for a farewell gig at London’s O2 Arena with a 30-song setlist. It was a date that also marked 40 years to the day the duo met.