Blancmange have announced details of a new album, 'Private View', and a return to London Records
"Private View" will be out on vinyl, cassette, CD and digitally on 30 September 2022. The album launches today with the release of the first single "Some Times These".
Blancmange have announced details of a new album, "Private View", and a return to London Records that released the band's debut album. "Private View" will be out on vinyl, cassette, CD and digitally on 30 September 2022. The album launches today with the release of the first single "Some Times These".
Watch the video for "Some Times These", with art direction and production by Harvey Wise right below.
For this release Benge returns as a key collaborator, and David Rhodes (Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Scott Walker) returns as the guitarist, having previously performed with the band on 1982's "Happy Families" as well as several other Blancmange albums.
Here are the various formats.
Private View Vinyl Cover
Blancmange are an English synth-pop band formed in Harrow, London, in 1979. The band were a duo for much of their career, composed of Neil Arthur (vocals) and Stephen Luscombe (keyboards). They came to prominence in the early 1980s, releasing four UK top-20 singles: "Living on the Ceiling", "Waves", "Blind Vision" and "Don't Tell Me". They released three albums during that decade: "Happy Families" (1982), "Mange Tout" (1984) and "Believe You Me" (1985).
The duo amicably parted in 1986 but reformed in the late 2000s, and in 2011 released their fourth album, "Blanc Burn". Luscombe left following the release due to ill health, and since then Arthur alone has continued to perform under the Blancmange name, releasing nine new studio albums along with a re-recording of the band's debut album, titled "Happy Families Too". He has also been involved in a further three collaborative albums as Fader (with Benge) and Near Future (with Jez Bernholz).
Private View Tour
17 June - Grace Jones' Meltdown - Southbank Centre, London 6 Oct - The HMV Empire, Coventry - w/ Bernholz 7 Oct - The Junction, Cambridge - w/ Oblong 8 Oct - Subscription Rooms, Stroud - w/ Oblong 13 Oct - Arts Centre, Colchester - w/ Oblong 14 Oct - University Y Plas, Cardiff - w/ Oblong 15 Oct - Cheese and Grain, Frome - w/ Oblong 20 Oct - Sub 89, Reading - w/ Oblong 21 Oct - The Level, Nottingham - w/ Oblong 22 Oct - Glassbox Theatre, Gillingham - w/ Oblong 27 Oct - The Fleece, Bristol - w/ Alice Hubble 28 Oct - The Boilerroom, Guildford - w/ Alice Hubble 29 Oct - Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne - w/ Alice Hubble 4 Nov - Exeter Theatre, Exeter 5 Nov - The Brook, Southampton 10 Nov - The Mill, Birmingham - w/ Alice Hubble 11 Nov - Kanteena, Lancaster - w/ Alice Hubble 12 Nov - The Forum Theatre, Barrow-in-Furness - w/ Alice Hubble 17 Nov - Corn Hall, Diss 18 Nov - Gorilla, Manchester - w/ Stephen Mallinder 19 Nov - Hangar 34, Liverpool - w/ Stephen Mallinder 24 Nov - The Wardrobe, Leeds - w/ Stephen Mallinder 25 Nov - The Leadmill, Sheffield - w/ Stephen Mallinder 26 Nov - The Riverside, Newcastle - w/ Stephen Mallinder 1 Dec - The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen - w/ Stephen Mallinder 2 Dec - The Liquid Room, Edinburgh - w/ Stephen Mallinder 3 Dec - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow - w/ Stephen Mallinder 9 Dec - Concorde 2, Brighton - w/ Stephen Mallinder 10 Dec - Islington Assembly Hall, London - w/ Stephen Mallinder
