🪽 i won’t be offended, if i’m left across the great divide, believe me they will follow, just to watch another angel die… 🪽 WELCOME TO THE DEPECHECEMBER FINALE tonight, the black celebration ends with @Depeche Mode’s fifteenth and most recent album, memento mori, released in 2023 during the covid-19 pandemic in 2020, martin reflected on his advancing age and witnessing the fragility of life. this especially hit him hard when fletch passed away in 2022, and he wrote songs reflecting on mortality and grief working together face to face in the studio without fletch’s friendly peacemaking presence had the potential of being a disaster, but martin and dave realized that they’ve loved each other all along despite their years at odds, and recording went smoothly under the guidance of producers james ford and martha salogni the morbid brooding reflective themes of the inevitability of death and the fear of loss permeate throughout the album, with songs like ghosts again, don’t say you love me, soul with me, and never let me go playing on themes that contemplate mortality deeply the grooves are spooky yet danceable, the gothic themes don’t hamper the fact that it’s still an alternative rock album. martin uses both analog and digital synthesizers, so it’s got a little of that bleep bloop that we expect from the band this album is very moody and dark, and despite that, it’s very enjoyable. dave leans into his aging baritone terrifically, and martin proves yet again that he’s a brilliant songwriter. my favorite song is wagging tongue, written by dave so, with that, depechecember comes to an end. thank you for joining the black celebration and hoped you enjoyed the ride we love you and miss you, fletch 🕊️
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