![]() And that's exactly where I wanted the song to go as well. The initial idea came to me, but the song was incredibly elevated by Martin and our producers, James and Marta, into a different place, another world. The loneliness, the emptiness, the void, the wanting to be with people and life-and at the same time, not wanting to be. But because it was the pandemic, I thought, ‘If I’m going to do something different, now is a good time to experiment.’ So we did, and we ended up writing six songs that I really like.” The pandemic had hit, and he just texted and said, ‘We should write some songs together.’ And he actually said that once before, like 10 years ago or something, but nothing ever came of it. Martin Gore: “Which is something I’ve never done before, worked with somebody outside the band. Martin wrote that one with Richard Butler.” To me, it’s this beautiful torch, but I love those kinds of songs. I remember dancing around my living room, and my daughter came in and she was looking at me weird, like, ‘What's going on?’ I was like, ‘Don't you love this?’ She kind of started bopping along with me and she was like, ‘I get it. I'm in.’ The demo made me feel instant joy. Gahan: “When I first heard that song, I was like, ‘Okay. When I found my place with that song, I knew it was going to be a great introduction to Memento Mori.” I feel like I found a meaning in the song that I identified with, and I don't often. ![]() I remember going to Martin's house and singing it, and I knew we were capturing something. But quite often those are the ones that creep up on me later-that I most identify with for some reason-and that song was one of those. When Martin first sent me the demo, it didn't strike me. “Without it, I don’t know where I would be.” Below, he and Gore comment on a few of the key tracks.ĭave Gahan: “It’s actually one of my favorites on the album. “It’s music, and it’s art, and it’s something that is incredibly informing,” Gahan says. It’s like a thumb drive.”ĭespite the melancholy inherent in some of the songs, Memento Mori is ultimately life-affirming-and a testament to Depeche Mode’s commitment to the creative process. ![]() “That’s very unlike us, but we have four in the vault. “We actually recorded 16 songs for this album, and it was very difficult to choose the 12 that made it,” Gore says. He teamed up with Psychedelic Furs vocalist Richard Butler on several tracks, including “Don’t Say You Love Me,” “Caroline’s Monkey,” and the pulsing lead single “Ghosts Again.” Surprisingly, the band tracked more than just the 12 songs that appear on the album. Memento Mori is notable for another big reason: It marks the first time Gore has worked with a songwriter outside of Depeche Mode. And that’s one of the very sad parts about it, because he used to love getting the songs.” He passed away just days before I was about to send him the songs. “I would’ve been presenting them to Andy as well, obviously. “It’s always a tough moment when you have to present your songs for the first time to Dave,” he tells Apple Music. Main songwriter Martin Gore started working on the record early in the pandemic-well before Fletcher’s death-but recalls the moment when he played his demos for Gahan. “The music really will outlive all of us.” “Memento Mori-‘remember that you must die,’” Gahan says, translating the Latin phrase. This sad and hugely significant event in the band’s history is reflected in the album’s title. ![]() “But that’s not what we’re about.” Depeche Mode’s 15th studio album is their first without co-founder and keyboardist Andy Fletcher, who passed away in 2022. “We could easily, if we wanted to, just go out and play the hits,” vocalist Dave Gahan tells Apple Music. With over 50 hit singles and more than 100 million records sold, English synth-pop masters Depeche Mode could still play sold-out stadiums if they had stopped releasing music in the mid-’90s. ![]()
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