File photo taken on October 4, 2022 of members of the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, Martin Gore (left) and Dave Gahan. – Photo: AFP
And then there were only two. Depeche Mode have always been a genre unto itself: a vibe, a sort of feedback loop that is timeless yet nostalgic, dark, edgy, a little too dark sometimes but always so cool.
Their 15th studio album titled Memento Mori (Latin for "remember you will die") feels both like a tribute to founding member and keyboardist Andy Fletcher who died in May 2022 and left them a duo (Dave Gahan and Martin Gore) and a mission statement of their music.
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Summary:
Full-fletched Depeche, fully intoxicating in sound, artistically evocative and sometimes puzzling.
