Synth-pop pioneers Erasure will return with twentieth studio album «Radio!! Radio!!» out in March 2027, along with a arena tour in Europe and UK.
Erasure «Radio!! Radio!!» - first new studio album in six years - sees Andy Bell and Vince Clarke continue to refine and deepen the pop edifice they’ve been building over the past 40 years, with new set of songs about love, loss and injustice that speaks, powerfully, to our empathy-starved times.
«Some of the songs are quite reflective of stuff that’s been going on in my life, but not all of them. “We didn’t have to think about it or talk about it – it just happened that way.»
«Radio!! Radio!!» is a uniquely personal record for Erasure, a quality that speaks to the devastating period of grief that the band faced in the years prior to its creation (in January 2024, Clarke’s wife Tracy Hurley Martin died from cancer) and the incredible bond they have created over 40 years of unbroken time working together. When Bell and Clarke did come together to write again, it was as much in the spirit of uplifting an old friend as it was work.
«When you’re a songwriting partnership for so long, it’s very deep, kind of like a soul connection. You trust that person with your life, and because of the nature of songwriting, you just lay bare your soul. That becomes a sacred space. When something traumatic happens, there’s a profound shift in the way you relate to each other – the respect you have for each other. Vince has helped me through some terrible times, and so I always wanted to be there for him. I think that’s what this album is about.»
The songs on «Radio!! Radio!!» are rooted in Erasure’s unique synth-pop palette with some key augmentation: When working on the sound of this album, Clarke was unusually drawn to piano, inspired by composers like Erik Satie, as well as acoustic guitar. The use of these instruments adds drama and depth to Erasure’s sound.
«I found techniques – ways to use piano that sounded really organic, and same with guitar.»
Erasure will take to the road in 2027 for an arena tour beginning in Cardiff Utilita Arena on April 25th before travelling throughout the UK, finishing with a date at London’s O2 Arena then heading to Germany, Denmark and Sweden. Vince Clarke will be musical director for the tour, but will not be appearing onstage alongside Andy Bell.
«I recently moved to California from New York, and I travelled from here to London. The travelling took a toll – it really messed me up. I never seemed to recover from it. I just thought ‘I don’t want to do this anymore’. I told Andy, and he made me musical director, and I thought, ‘how fantastic is that?’ I can do all my work and all my direction from here, but I don’t have to leave sunny San Diego.»
«I’m so pleased that we were able to find a way for the tour to work for Vince. He’s always too modest but he’s so much more than the Musical Director, Vince is one of the great loves of my life and everything we do as Erasure we decide together.»
Erasure «Radio!! Radio!!» will out on March 12th 2027 via Mute Records on vinyl, CD and digitally.
Complete information about Erasure «Radio!! Radio!!» tracklist and formats - here.
Check all the ERASURE RADIO!! RADIO!! TOUR 2027 dates here.
Info taken from official Erasure web site.
