{"id":83785,"date":"2023-08-23T11:53:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T09:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=83785"},"modified":"2023-08-23T11:53:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T09:53:40","slug":"omd-are-back-for-the-first-time-in-over-half-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/08\/omd-are-back-for-the-first-time-in-over-half-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"OMD Are Back For The First Time In Over Half A Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark have announced their first full-length project since 2017\u2019s \u2018The Punishment of Luxury\u2019 – the October 2023 release of \u2018Bauhaus Staircase\u2019. Andy McCluskey\u2019s internationally renowned four-man crew have had a re-rise to prominence in the last decade, with the aforementioned 2017 release of \u2018The Punishment of Luxury\u2019 topping the UK\u2019s Independent Chart. Now, six years later, \u2018Bauhaus Staircase\u2019 is set to be their most anticipated release since the group\u2019s 2010 reunion album, \u2018History of Modern\u2019.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Despite its individual members being around for nearly five decades, OMD as a group have not released nearly as much music as other groups of their calibre. Still, fourteen albums is nothing to scoff at, and OMD\u2019s music pioneered the way for dozens of artists\u2019 styles to take shape, influencing most of the new wave era musicians inside and outside of electronic music. Even forty years after their debut, the legendary group continue to influence others, and have played a critical role in the revival of synth-pop – something they continue to do so with \u2018Bauhaus Staircase\u2019, their latest synth-pop showing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another album named after an art form, \u2018Bauhaus Staircase\u2019 is about as artistically brilliant as the German art school which it got its name from. Featuring a wide array of tracks and topics such as the ballad of \u2018Anthropocene\u2019, the aptly named protest song \u2018Kleptocracy\u2019 and closing on the equally aptly named calming, reflective mix \u2018Healing\u2019, the new album acts as a window into the future, where McCluskey and the rest of the band share their views on what the future will be like. OMD\u2019s latest single for the album, the title track \u2018Bauhaus Staircase\u2019, is available now to watch and listen to down below.<\/p>\n\n\n

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