Join Dave Gahan & Soulsavers for an intimate live performance of ‘Imposter’. Sunday, December 5 at London Coliseum. Tickets available this Friday, November 12 –> https://t.co/6ixgbKC5HM pic.twitter.com/zmbVqNCMkd

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Speaking to journalist Chris Black about the upcoming show, Gahan said: “To get to play this special album on a stage in front of people, with the same group of musicians who recorded the album, that’s really important to me. I’m incredibly excited to present it live.” 

The collaborative album has been announced last month and the first single “Metal Heart” has been released soon after. The first single is “The soft sentimental song floods the listener’s ears with magnificent harmonies alongside the slow-building percussive elements that crescendo towards an uplifting end” praised mxdwn. Brooklyn Vegan added: “His version starts much like Cat Power’s spare original, from 1998’s Moon Pix, with just his voice and a guitar, but it soon grows into a full-on, stadium-sized rock epic”. Clash noted that Imposter is “a rare chance to hear Dave Gahan sing other people’s material, but it’s also much more than a standard covers record.“

The second single of the upcoming album was  “The Dark End Of The Street”. “Written in 1966 by Chips Moman and Dan Penn, and soul singer James Carr recorded it as his signature single. Carr’s version made it on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time and the song has since been covered by numerous artists, from Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton and now Dave Gahan. Gahan and Machin bring a bluesy grit to the song that give it an uplifting quality”. 

New Album is Gahan and Soulsavers Rick Machin third album, following their first release The Light The Dead See from 2012 and critically acclaimed Angels & Ghosts from 2015. It combines twelve “meticulously chosen reimagined songs from across genres and time periods, including selections from Neil Young, Bob Dylan, PJ Harvey, Charlie Chaplin and Mark Lanegan, amongst others”. 

“Imposter is a story of songs, which Dave Gahan & Soulsavers listened to, studied, absorbed, and gave a new life. All of the songs have deep meaning to Dave, making Imposter a reflection of Dave’s life – a story told by others, but in his own distinct voice” teases press statement.

Grab a copy of the album here.

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