‘Work is therapy’: synth-pop icon Johnny Jewel on David Lynch, Chromatics and near-death experiences | Music

Johnny Jewel.

“Art is not a hobby, it’s a necessity,” says Johnny Jewel. “I have an unquenchable thirst for sound and tone.” Jewel has been thirsty for two decades. He has produced shimmering and dreamy synth-pop, slick […]

Soft Cell: *Happiness Not Included review – synth-pop elders with an eye on the future | Pop and rock

Soft Cell: *Happiness Not Included album cover art.

Soft Cell: *Happiness Not Included album cover Forty-one years since their debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, and 20 since their last album, 2002’s underwhelming Cruelty Without Beauty, Soft Cell return with an album that makes […]