new wave

2015
A-ha Cast in Steel

A-ha’s tenth studio album, Cast in Steel , was released on 4 September 2015.

New Order (band) released a new album, Music Complete

In September 2015, the band released a new album, Music Complete , their first without Peter Hook . The album was produced mostly by the band themselves, except “Singularity” and “Unlearn This Hatred”, both produced by Tom Rowlands, while “Superheated” features additional production by Stuart Price.

Everything Everything Shared video for Spring/Sun/Winter/Dread

The video for the band’s single ‘Spring / Sun / Winter / Dread’ was shared on 31 July 2015. The video sees the band’s frontman Jonathan Higgs take over production. He said via a press release, “The song talks about seasons passing and getting older, so we wanted to concentrate…
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Public Image Ltd On 28 July 2015, the band uploaded a promo video for lead single

On 28 July 2015, the band uploaded a promo video for lead single “Double Trouble” from their next studio album, What the World Needs Now… , via their YouTube channel. On 21 August, PiL released the single (backed with ” Bettie Page “) and a non-album track, “Turkey Tits”. What…
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Franz Ferdinand (band) Call Girl

“Call Girl”, which was released on 28 May

Franz Ferdinand (band) Johnny Delusional

” Johnny Delusional “, which was released on 13 April

Franz Ferdinand (band) FFS

The John Congleton -produced album, FFS , was officially announced on 1 April 2015.

Franz Ferdinand (band) The Domino Effect

A teaser titled “The Domino Effect” was released on the group’s YouTube channel that same day.

Franz Ferdinand (band) formed a supergroup

On 9 March 2015, it was announced that the band had formed a supergroup with Sparks under the name FFS , with plans to release a studio album and tour Europe during that summer.

Everything Everything Provided instrumental performances for Froot

Pritchard and Robertshaw both provided several instrumental performances for tracks co-produced by Kosten Marina’s “Froot” singles and album (released in March 2015).